Merrow - Tumbleweed

OUT IN THE DIRT UNDER THE GLEAMING DESERT SUN A VAPID GROWTH ON HER ARID SKIN SPROUTING THORNS LIKE TUMBLEWEED FIERY BREATH OF A HARRIDAN EARTH HER CROSSPATCH WINDS THEY HEARSE ME HOME I AM BORN ANEW A DEAD HUSK NEVER THRIVING, BLIGHT OF THE EARTH FIERY BREATH OF A HARRIDAN EARTH AMIDST THE YUCCA TREES SOON TO WITHER AND DIE WITHER AND DIE WHISKED AWAY LIKE A FRESHLY-FLOWN MAGGOT LIKE A JADE-BACK PEST NOW ONE IN DEATH I’VE SEEN THEM IN DREAMS THEIR BLOOD STAINS THE QUARTZ BELOW TO MAKE ANEW MY HOME ON THEIR TOMB GRIEVE FOR THE DESERT SON DEAD HUSK DEAD HUSK OUT IN THE DIRT UNDER THE GLEAMING DESERT SUN A VAPID GROWTH ON HER ARID SKIN SPROUTING THORNS LIKE TUMBLEWEED FIERY BREATH OF A HARRIDAN EARTH AN OVALLED RING SHATTERS BONE A STONE SHATTERS GLASS A FRACTURED HOME I KNOW NOT OF THEIR LIFE ONLY OF THEIR PAIN THE TEARS OF THE CHILD NURTURE HARDENED SOIL UPON THE GROUND OF THE ELDERS YOU KNEW IT WASN’T SAFE YOU KNEW WE SHOULDN’T BE HERE UPON THE GROUNDS OF THE MURDERE