finally, their sirens cease.
wailing echoes fade
into foreign silence
at first... everything is still
until the first cellar door tentatively
cracks open
very slowly those that are not dead emerge
eyes shielded from sunlight
squinting at nature’s misshapen forms
lungs greedily gulp clean air
everything is changed
yet we are the same
May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020 at 3:54 AM UTC
finally, their sirens cease.
wailing echoes fade
into foreign silence
at first... everything is still
until the first cellar door tentatively
cracks open
very slowly those that are not dead emerge
eyes shielded from sunlight
squinting at nature’s misshapen forms
lungs greedily gulp clean air
everything is changed
yet we are the same