Ashes In Winter - Emergence

Somewhere an infant cries

Her parents do not stir

Resting under leaden skies

I wonder who they were

The stolid minions come

They do as they were told

The streets are growing still

The flesh is growing cold

Another wretched day

Followed by sleepless night

I don’t care what you say

You knew it wasn’t right

Now all I know is winter

Without the scent of spring

Today is filled with sorrow

What will tomorrow bring

Do you remember winter

When ashes fell like snow

Now all I know is winter

Where did the summer go

The angry ones return

Like children sick with fear

So young but they will learn

The end is drawing near

The annex seems to shrink

The days blur into one

The sweat-soaked linens stink

I long to see the sun

Another wretched day

Followed by sleepless night

I don’t care what you say

You knew it wasn’t right