Adeline Foster - Shell-Shock

Deep in a glacial blue abyss
An eerie light will shine,
And o’er the blazing desert sands
A burning sun will climb;
A haunting cry will echo down
The spiral halls of time:

SHELL-Shock,
...Shell-shock,
......Shell-shock.

A bouncing ball upon a cog
Each time will labored lift
Until it can arise no more
To writhe in tortured twist
And dies to silently implore,
What world and who is this?

SHELL-Shock,
...Shell-shock,
......Shell-shock.

Adeline Foster

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