Black in black
In white in grey,
Emotions escalate
As colors fade.
Parched earth below,
Bright sun above,
And a bridge between
All that resembles love,
Forcing separation through
Anything connecting it
And you.
Black in grey, in white in grey,
Everything leaves,
Yet it remains.
The sun blinds the blinded,
Dirt crumbles beneath.
Bleached bones evolve
To dust from dust
With no way out.
Desert begets desert.
Drought begets drought.
Grey in white
In white and black,
The stark intensity
Gives nothing back.
Salt and sulfur permeate
Into a paralyzing gaze
While the horizon light dances
Like bugs on airy waves.
White
In black
In white
And grey
Fades into a mucky brown.
All that is left
Of hope and grasping
Or even foolish luck
Now lies starving
On the hardpan ground.
White in grey.
In black and white,
Nothing shines like emptiness
In arid light.
The unfiltered heat
Stifles all growth
It was once thought to seek,
As it recklessly wilts and kills
Everything
In its reach.