The Drowning Season

Disjointed context 

The words were merely sounds 

Watching as the buildings 

Slowly crumbled to the ground 

Thoughts never rendered 

Lie dying by the road 

Last breath drawn endlessly 

Collapsing into smoke 

CH: 

Struggling to break free 

From life's inequities 

The suicide of reason 

Becomes the drowning season 

Grim repetition 

Dour features form a frown 

The clock's hand reverberates 

Throughout the empty town 

De-evolution 

Oxidizing the past 

The present is uncertain 

The future never lasts 

(CH) 

Pre-emptive reflex 

Split-second sanctity 

Repeating prayers that somehow 

Never got received

(CH)