TRENCHES OF ASH

The wind howls through the barren landscape, a mournful song carried on the back of swirling dust. Twisted trees claw at the sky, their branches broken like withered fingers. A sickly sun casts its haggard light upon this forlorn world. Here, in the depths of the ash, silence reigns supreme. Yet, even in this bleak stillness, a flicker of life pers