White ashes
Like stardust
Cover this place
A thin blanket

White ashes
Like old dust
Cover this place
Untouched

White ashes
Like snow
Cover this place
It's cold

White ashes
From old flames
Settled
Into their new home

A fire raged on
Burned everything
Ate wood and flesh
Took life and brought death

It started in the darkness
Illuminated the shadows
Leaving black coal
And white ash

Consumed
Until the earth was scorched
And barren
And lifeless

Roared
Like a beast
And feasted upon
Sleeping bodies

Died
When it killed
All that it could
Like a reaper

Gone
As easily as it started
Burned bright hot
Now cold as ice

All that's left
Is an acrid smell
Black coal and
White ashes