Dear Departed

• Eva Stieler, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2015

Scorched golden grass
Swaying languidly
Limp primordial fingers hang off
Naked limbs, beckoning
Solitary and dejected
Abandoned and caved in
Defiant in defeat
Dignified
Crimson paint curling
Windows battered and bruised
Bleak and forgotten
Beneath the dappled cerulean vault
Memories of children
Echoing laughter
Steadily consumed
Farewell dear departed