I taste the dust But I don’t remember falling The earth is like a cradle As passing footsteps murmur a lullaby I am staring blind into the flickering sun As merciful shadows pass My fingers crawl across the dirt Reaching out for those dark shapes A hand takes my hand and they carry me
My bleeding throat tastes of rust I don’t remember falling My broken lips are weeping I press on my aching knees
Ribbons of ragged skin and flesh Trail from beneath the tattered soles Of my feet, when my legs kick Weakly and fearful of the pain Searching for purchase in the burning dust.
I am breathing the dust And I am falling Sinking into the dust The heat of the sun tempered As the light becomes distant A hand reaches for my hand But I drag my gnarled bones to my chest And let them leave me to my fate Atrophied, I am drifting away from pain To be reclaimed by dust.