Scorched Earth

Send the winds
Cleaning fires
Of breath.
Closing teeth
On a mouth
Eating death.
Burning sand
Molten towers
Of glass.
Closing veins
Of a heart
Filled with ash.
Churning seas
Swallow light
From above.
Washing tears
Swollen eyes
Fill with blood.
Boiling fog
Choking child
Of stillbirth.
Blackened skin
Smoking fires
Scorched earth.