Desolation

A wanderer  in a dystopian world
where hopes are  shadows in fading light
where desolation sings in harmony with despair

the sojourner may see
the once bright sun shines wanly
it's hues won't chase gloom away
it's heat doesn't warm the heart

skyscrapers stand dark against the silver sky
sentinels of sorrowful desolation
testaments of broken dreams
symbols of man's unbridled greed

man has buried nature in their concrete
suffocating Her and rendering her barren
lush forests where the animals  roam are gone
cut into slivers of corridors
in ever decreasing space