Embers of Betrayal
March 18, 2025
March 18, 2025
In the cradle of the valley
Calm as a prayer
A wildfire unfurls
Its furious hymn
Angry red flames
Claw at the velvet night
A fractured dawn
Born of destruction
The roar of its
Hunger swells
A beast breaking chairs
Dry leaves crackle
Like whispered secrets
A requiem for
The forgotten forrest
Smoke curls
Acrid and thick
Lacing the air
With its bitter embrace
Ash stings the skin
Sharp as regret
While the wind's
Dry mouth tastes of ruin
I stand on this
Sacred ground
Roots bound in love
A tether pulling me
To the edge of decision
Should I flee
Abandon this Eden
To its fate
Or stand sentinel
Riskmy breath
My bone
For a place that
has given me
Its every shade of green
Each heartbeat is
A match striking silence
Every thought
A shadow cast
In the fires cruel dance
I am torn-between
The ashes of tomorrow
And the soul that
Once held my dreams