trend of gray scale,
a smokey sky spattered
with drops of blood.
Beneath traveling feet
are jagged fragments,
never leaving a smooth
surface to step upon.
A pawn is forced forward
despite its better judgment.
Footsteps later debris is flying,
blood gushing into the smoke.
No other option but to be
pushed along a broken gray
road awaiting further
destruction of the body.
The light, any light, is gone.
Eyes venture, trying to see past
the opaque sky but succeeding
only in ceaseless despair.
The sound of soaring metal
whizzes past sensitive ears.
Drums explode internally, blood
cascading down a neck, bare chest.
The pawn travels onward,
finally stopping in a stupor.
A single ray of brilliance
reflects off a red body.
The first light such pale skin
has seen in surrounding gray,
it shines off floating waste
and engulfs the beaten pawn.
The red spattered smoke wipes
clean the soaking skin,
reviving the wounds and
deepening the crimson sky.
Restriction looming overhead,
feet moving as summoned,
legs become more secure
to veer off to their own path.
The sharpness beneath the feet
clears away and the smoke
fades to a translucent curtain
in front of resolved eyes.
The wind picks up heavily,
wrapping around and around,
shielding the body as it
takes the first fearless side-step.
a smokey sky spattered
with drops of blood.
Beneath traveling feet
are jagged fragments,
never leaving a smooth
surface to step upon.
A pawn is forced forward
despite its better judgment.
Footsteps later debris is flying,
blood gushing into the smoke.
No other option but to be
pushed along a broken gray
road awaiting further
destruction of the body.
The light, any light, is gone.
Eyes venture, trying to see past
the opaque sky but succeeding
only in ceaseless despair.
The sound of soaring metal
whizzes past sensitive ears.
Drums explode internally, blood
cascading down a neck, bare chest.
The pawn travels onward,
finally stopping in a stupor.
A single ray of brilliance
reflects off a red body.
The first light such pale skin
has seen in surrounding gray,
it shines off floating waste
and engulfs the beaten pawn.
The red spattered smoke wipes
clean the soaking skin,
reviving the wounds and
deepening the crimson sky.
Restriction looming overhead,
feet moving as summoned,
legs become more secure
to veer off to their own path.
The sharpness beneath the feet
clears away and the smoke
fades to a translucent curtain
in front of resolved eyes.
The wind picks up heavily,
wrapping around and around,
shielding the body as it
takes the first fearless side-step.
Audrey Lynn
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