After silence is full,
a glow pours down—
insight under siren sky
streaked in ember.
This sable lucidity
where surrender seeps,
wakes a mind
touched by astral shade.
The world is on fire,
yet offered by ash,
is everything
umbral-lit.
Steeped in oblivion,
I surrender
to velvet vigilance.
I let it darken my scars—
ache
breathes in
light
like a verdict.