A crumbling dawn
casts dim light
upon the ominous, scarred landscape.
An unnerving silence
swallows the symphony
of stifled voices.
Distant memories
of  a simple truth
echo falsely
withing the searing cavity
of my lifeless soul.
A bitter loyalty
to humanity is broken
by a forbidden faliure.
A condemning idealism
mirrors the horror
of a manipulative reality.
The sour burden upon
my battered shoulder
grimly harmonizes with
the imbeded agony
in my heart.
Yet, as I dance among
the flaming pool of doom,
There is an eerie whisper
that utters something
so wild, so sacred,
that I dare not believe...
Hope.