To Rain

In the name of growth

you burn me down

merciless flames lick the meadows of me.

Where the green grasses grew

and spring was once a promise

there is only the memory of comfort

now smoke interrupts the clouds in mid thought

and reminds the skies

to rain
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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