Ashes in the Rain

The sky weeps dark, the earth won't heal. Shadows stretch long,

the ache is real. Crumbling stones under tired feet. No place left

to call retreat. Ashes in the rain. Falling slow, falling deep.

Ashes in the rain. Where the silence cuts to keep. Burning down,

burning wide. Can't outrun, can't hide. Can't hide. Hands in the

dirt searching for a trace. Something lost, something erased.

Empty echoes fill the air. Nothing here but despair. And the wind

whispers low. Carrying all I'll never know. Ashes in the