[Espy]

Flash of crimson
is
what?
I grasp at it -
Fled to the deepest, darkest
Most depraved corner of my mind.

Ethos forsaken
Cogitation convoluted

Pale, sickly limbs
Clinging, miserly
To scraps of fading light
Vestigial hope
In a world left forsaken
Disowned by who else

Drawing ruinous breath
To watch the pillars of aspiration fall
Basking in the unearthly keening of the self
The darkened skies radiating ash
A corruption of snow.