Shadowlands
By Lucinda C
The ever grey clouds gather
Each day the shadows grow
Over a sickly dwelling
The sun faded long ago
Don’t ask if it will shine again
Or where the birds did go
Distant songs carried by the wind
They faded long ago
Longing for companionship
On this dystopian plateau
A reminder of the memory
That faded long ago
The verdant forests our charcoaled mess; the seas our poisoned swell
Stripped of every life and love to be left alone by their quell
Our grey array of misery; no colours or hue around
Silence ever deafening; here we were always bound
You see how we will pay the price
We are our own worst enemy
Humans of no humanity
Ending what was, so long ago