her soft skin is drying out
withered into bronze scales
beneath a fiery vacuous sun
the heat soaks up any sweat
tangled webs of hazy veins
once pulsing in lush flows
now thicken and coagulate
tensioning her huge heart
in steel bands of negligence
molting sheets of whiteness
shrink in shadowless vales
pumps of color show wear
and plagues that anticipate
in corridors of vulnerability
prepare for one final surge
she cries frail and breathless
our last tears flow together
as salts upon a barren plain
and I watch my earth perish