Among the ashes, tears do flow,
to build foundations strong from fear,
binding threads, behind masks no
more, the count down, has just
begun..

While darkness seeps through hearts
of doubt, the land cries from thirst and
shame, why man had to make his mark,
across the universal plain..

Where shadows fall on misty nights,
dawn hides away what can't be found,
thorns never seen, must bleed away,
tears that fall upon deceit..

Truth may be a passing thing, while
silent whispers sharp like thunder,
among the ashes of time we see,
a world distorted, a world we lost,
a world of ashes, known has history..

Though bleakness draws it's final
breath, life flows faster yet, to settle
down across the land, a false
conclusion ends with pain, among
the ashes of yesterday...

Derena (Harriet) (2018 Copyright