Echoes of Desolation

The cradle's void, the silence weighs, a future bleak and bare Receding tides of life leave heartbeats rare Empty parks and classrooms speak, a tale of waning kin Lost in time, as echoes grow so thin Rising shrines to solitude, where joyful noise has been The lineage declines, the signs begin Tales of old, where crowds once teemed, now fading Ghosts of gold, in memories it seemed, once lustrous Winds howl through the streets, abandoned, lifeless A nation's pulse, now faint, its fabric tearing Once vibrant halls, echos slowly deadening Birthright lost, as youth keeps bleeding out, relentless Shadows fall on empty streets, ah A nation's heart, it skips a beat, destruction Echoes of the young ones' feet, now silence Demise so clear, no subtle deceit, we witness A fractured land, the loss we grieve Forsaken youth, we can't deceive, it hardens us!