by Mercy B.
· 31/12/2025
Published 31/12/2025 10:21
The park grass is a whisper now,
yellow, brittle. My steps
crunch like old news.
The ground, a roadmap
of fault lines, spiderweb cracks
where the sprinkler used to spit.
Skeletal branches of some scrub
bush, holding on, just barely.
Dust. I taste it, even now.
Dry. My throat aches with it.
Inside, too. This empty, hard ground.
#desolation #drought #environmental decay #existential emptiness #soil infertility
4 comments
The crunchy old news line is okay but this is kind of a downer.
Yeah, it is definitely a downer. Just what that whole summer felt like to me.
Fair enough, it definitely captures that heavy feeling.
The spiderweb cracks is a decent detail.
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