Crimson Sun

crimson sun

pale orange light

pierces and echoes

spreads like a virus

I'm surrounded

wrapped in color

rose tinted air

encapsulating and engulfing

hazy sky
surrounds faux landscapes

fires rage far beyond

reach my eyes and burn

I can hear myself breathing

I close the window to breath

I hide to breathe the air inside

nature no longer safe

I escape

I lay down and watch the red crawl along the wall until the walls return to white

it falls below the great mountain and into the sea

it dies a slow death and returns each morning to crawl along my walls