Beginning End By Sam Tumblin The hourglass cracked without a soundSilver sands fell upside downSeasons gathered in my handsThen vanished like forgotten lands A blackened rose climbed through stoneBlooming where the light had flownIts petals spoke in silent tonguesOf broken clocks and hollow lungs The ocean drank the dying sunAs if the day had come…

Velvet Funeral The rain arrived without a sound,Like silver needles to the ground.Black roses bent beneath the storm,As midnight wrapped the earth in mourn. I saw your shadow near the gate,A memory preserved by fate.Your velvet dress, your distant stare,Still lingered like forgotten prayer. Candles drowned in crimson wax,Beside the names carved deep in black.Each…