Dust Again Scratching and clawing, nails gouging into flesh Screaming and gasping For life’s saving breath Her life force seeping Out from every pore Desperately clinging Like liquid on the floor She feels the cold permeate, finality she can’t escape The light in her eyes grows dim, feeling numbness setting in Thrashing desperation Panic and frustration Resolve fades in the din Parched lips caked with sin Thirst burns her throat like fire Flailing, failing survivor Sinking deeper Drifting down Falling faster As she drowns greedy, needy grasping hands cut and bruised heartlessly used bleeding out growing cold giving up letting go Silence claims her Engulfed in peace Swallowed whole by her release She felt the cold permeate The end she could not escape There's no light left in her eyes Numbness finally claimed her life Fading spark of creation Now there’s no more pain Floating in the silence She returns to dust.. again [copyright © 2026 Kiki Kutie — unauthorized use or reproduction is prohibited]
