Ashen Skies

beneath ashen skies i walk on though the shadows of darkened days where in life's game i am the pawn moving about within its haze i shift about as if strided beneath ashen skies i walk on in shallow steps my feet guided towards the depths of unlit dawn with clouded masks and tears now drawn i steadily trudge through this mist beneath ashen skies i walk on towards death somewhere in its midst yet as i start to fall off course my strength within tells death be gone then guides me with an unseen force beneath ashen skies i walk on january 25, 2020 distant refrains contest sponsored by Joseph May