Heat Wave

Damaged Earth

Fierce light dazzles the eye

The air shimmers

And expands.

You struggle to breathe,

Sweat trickles down your back,

And the soil opens deep cracks.

Withered flowers draped

On yellow grass

Expire

Under the merciless

Sun

Withered Flowers

©HMH, 2023

Posted

18th June 2023

in

by

Hanne H

Tags:

#DamagedEarth, #DeadFlowers, #Ecology, #HeatWave, #HMHolten, #Poem

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