13. Ash

Art by @lupeaart

A quiet mountain bubbles awake

Coughing up red hot lava

Days upon days until

A cold wind silences the spluttering

Mountain

Settles itself

Ash kisses heads of townsfolk who

Do not wash in fear

Of erasing miracles

This post is a collaboration for #inktober. Art by LuPea and poem by Sama.