Of innocence lost
6 January 2022

Her skin felt a burn
A thousand suns flared within
Ancient tattoos writhed

Blisters wrote on skin
a story of a lifetime
wrapped within gray folds

Darkness was conquered
The old adage came to light
New Order commenced

A flash of moonlight
Illuminated her eyes
Sun’s flames wrestled moon

Tired men kept watch
The battle was an emblem
Olden moon beat sun

Sun flickered dying
The children came to New Age
of innocence lost

Reading of the poem:

ILLENIUM - Crawl Outta Love (feat. Annika Wells)

Written in the context of Ronovan writes weekly Haiku Poetry prompt challenge using the words “burn”, “old” and their synonyms. For more information and to see the contributions please follow the link below:

https://ronovanwrites.com/2022/01/03/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-391-burned-ing-s-and-old/