Drought
Dying, dying of thirst
Mouth patched
Skin cracked
Fissure and crevices
Open up
Carving the whole
Space into pieces
Pulled apart
Ripped from edge
To edge
Contracting
To no place
Shrinking longitudinally
Zig-zagging
Across planes
In search of a wetness
That could pull
Side to side
To center
Heal the wounds
Burrowing the burning sky
Where it should not see
Crumbling
Bits and pieces
Parched planet
Swirl and collide
Turning into dust
Powdering the air
Draining out any last bit of moisture
Covered, covered completely
A shell
Drenched
In dying up, drying up
Dandelion yellowing carbon confetti
Ashing the sky
Grey orange
Sickly sticking to the static
Crackling air
Pops and sparkles
As it burns itself out
The nothingness
Holds still
In remembrance
Of water.