Settling

Today I watched the sun set

On fractured glass and vacant hopes

Torn apart by the egos of altars

Of spilt wine and broken promises.

Today I watched the sun set

On a flag raising raggedly

Against a bruised twilight

Of reds, blues, and white welts.

Today I watched the sun set

On a forgotten, tattered page

Worn, adorned with words forgotten

By the fingers and minds of man.

Today I watched the sun set

On feet marching to a lonely drum

Lost amid a calamitous orchestra

Of carefully contradicted conformity

Today I watched the sun set

On the age of rational discourse

Replaced by screens sweaty with sarcasm

And opinions on opinions of opinions

Today I watched the sun set

And I can only wonder

What might be left to light

When it rises again tomorrow?