A distant flicker and a bitter breeze
Ash with snow
Next to the coals, we glow
No body for miles, take it slow
no lives to go back to
nothing to know
the city burns down around us and we let go
old monuments slump, weep
concrete cries out with no consolation
no one to listen
Before an audience of silhouettes, we glisten
Fallout settles on sweat
Wet lips remember what our minds forget
The same now as always
But the illusion is shattered
Our bodies broken and battered
Blood runs together, mingles
As we savor the last tingles
Of our bodies’ interaction
As they burn away.
Tomorrow is another day.