TRENCHES AMONG ASH

The wind howls through the barren landscape, a mournful song carried on the back of swirling dust. Shattered trees claw at the sky, their branches bare like withered fingers. A sickly pale orb casts its dull light upon this desolate world. Here, in the depths of the ash, silence reigns unyielding. Yet, even in this deathly stillness, a flicker of l