Night Falls

night falls with a heavy, a suffocating cloak
ash and dust fill the air
the air we breathe, each breath we take we choke
a brighter future was once our hope
a brighter future, what a joke
that brighter future was never there
that brighter future was a cloud of smoke
that smoke came from our own funeral pyres
and from our homes and cities destroyed in countless fires

night falls with a heavy, a suffocating cloak
ash and dust fill the air
the air we breathe, each breath we take we choke