Serotinous Seed

The air weighs heavily on my back a

Nd sits as stone on my shoulders

I wake face down on the ground

With the smoky taste of burned soil

I open my eyes to a charred landscape

Of trees and homes scorched to black

Of hills of dark and smoldering ash

To towering stacks of skulls

Death blankets the whole earth

Like a dust that spreads its wings and settles on everything

The smoke trails on for miles

We fight just to breathe

I am the serotinous seed

Amidst the black I bloom, birthed of blood and fire

Built to prosper in the black

I am serotinous, built to defy the hand of death

The white sun is smeared behind a charcoal sky

The bullets of light pierce through the inky clouds

Blessed with the strength of life, blessed with a life in death

I was made to take the hard road, blessed with a curse

Bring your fire here, call me to rise

And I will reach the heavens

I am the serotinous seed!

Raise the siege, raise the flags

Raise the siege, cry havoc!

And let slip the dogs of war!