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Shades enfold the azure dawn

alliteration unveils her talons

howling vulture winds

unleashed

Hearken the wail of skies

Crepes carved by stars

retreat before the upheaval

skies weep ivory despair

auburn leaves like wounds

defy the waking season

dale soon to be wreathed

with garland of frost

Enthralled I stare

as domes of thunder near

can you feel a fiery stung

thirst for embers of soul

asylum in ruins

iced stakes through calm

Zephyrs preach of mortality

fragmented and frail

scarlet frozen ponds

reflect naked vines

tusks of tender chill

swallow the warmth within