a summer without the sun

a summer without the sun
broken pieces, shattered shunned
what warmth that was once radiated
are now embers stifled by dust

a heavy downpour, a sporadic rain
overcast skies, broken momentarily
to reveal shimmers of sunlight,
only to be swallowed again and
return to perpetual gray

birds that build their nests
busily toiling during the day
cozily resting imprisoned
in their fortresses at night
choking, restrained

like the sand on the seashore
swept away by the tides
and eroded into waters blue
so shall i be too
fading into irrelevancy

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