Tomorrow’s Grave

The scent of the wind, it is
Filled with our sins
And the ashes of promises
Never fulfilled

Before the night, I saw the
Setting sun
One lullaby for all we
Should have done
As the earth went dry, my heart was
Filled with shame
Today, a home
And tomorrow, a grave

Well, now I'm wiser, now I understand
I'm the drought, I am the barren land
I'm the flooding and the rising tide
I'm the heat, the wind, the fire, and ice

I dreamt of trees and I
Dreamt of fur
I felt my shape begin to
Fade and blur
Climbed up branches, read the bark like words
What have I ever given up in return?

The sky was gone when at
Last I woke
Daylight trapped behind a
Deadly cloak
The silence speaks like a
Muted scream
The pain of nothing and no
Air to breathe