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Rated: E · Poetry · Drama · #1767781
The echo of death...



Twisted seedling’s
emaciated stems
detach…

Barren mildew crawls,
corrupt roots lie dying.

Winds o’er dry, brittle
branches creak and sway
under cloud of dust…
roots withering to ash

and the pendulum swings.


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