Death Spell Unbound
The sage sits in a denuded forest where ‘green’ foliage once towered
Knots a ‘thread’ of his hair through the eye of the parched pine needle
Of his ‘heart’ that shivers in the ashen lightness of smouldering fires
‘Breathless’ he collects ember before rain sets out to seek its revenge
Lone ‘birds’ shed feathers of dry tears embedded in scorched plumage
‘Fathomless’ they refuse to embrace naked exposure of truthfulness
‘Silence’ grows as they fail to flap wings in futile departure from rage
A ‘beautiful’ landscape has scarpered escape routes barely conceived
One de-rooted ‘hair’ stands out from the skull bone of human inferno
‘Dark’ like lost causes it delivers a savage message to the blinded savant
21st February 2020
Ten word challenge on the theme of death
thread heart silence hair beautiful
dark green birds fathomless breathless
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