Burning Horizon - Edenian

Sky is turned grey

Banishing the black

And so appears the first ray

Sending the stars back

But the sun does not shine

On a single river or pine

No, just a forever wasteland

Endless expanse of dusty-dry sand

And from a cold mountain cave appears

A young girl, small for her years

She sits at the very edge

Of the miles-high ledge

The sun climbs higher,

Into the sky devoid of ozone

Skeletal bushes around her

Begin to simmer with fire

She stares at the beauty

Of the great golden orb

It’s the last things she’ll ever see,

As her life the heat begins to absorb

The great flaming sphere

Continues up into the sky

Shining on a surface world clear

Of any life or reasons why

Anyone who caught

A glimpse of the great sun

Anyone who saw the beauty

Would be a lucky one

The heat of the sun would burn you dead

There is no longer an atmosphere

To keep its harmful rays

From coming near

Her skin’s breaking out

In heavy sweat

As she gazes at celestial being

Of bedtime lore

And as she stands there

She does not regret

Her curiosity that burned her

Into no more

The sun climbs higher

Into the sky devoid of ozone

Skeletal bushes around her

Begin to simmer with fire

She stares at the beauty

Of the great golden orb

It’s the last things she’ll ever see,

As her life the heat begins to absorb