As originally published with Clay Literary's Raven: https://www.clayliterary.com/post/design-a-stunning-blog

 

‘Neath the blistering heat, California poppies cast

themselves to the hillside sun as wayward children

 

start to lose their breath, as you now fight for yours,

running to chase the summer blues away.

 

The young and old all begin to fail; heatwaves

take the lungs as we suffocate one by one.

 

Down the road coffins align with fresh roses. Their leaves

trimmed and watered to only wither away, with the water we all craved.