Dark World Within

a fate indescribable in a world in ruins
silence echoes where laughter once peals
grey skies over chaos remnants
in slumbering sleep the world that was

in cities of wandering ghosts
shrouded in clouds and memories
lost as in roads overgrown
nature return in its natural claims

Vibrant gardens replaced by despair
birds song now brittle in decay
seeds of discontent sowed in pathment cracks
roving around without feathers

the night is pierced by no stars
not aglow within ashes
whispers in a world reborn
beneath the ash and the dust