we are burning, 

fuelled by graphite,
mercury boiling within
syringes, plagued

by nocturnal images,
mesmerised.

down by the ocean,
mermaids lay sleeping
breathing in dreams of
valium and pleading
with the clouds to
save them.

magnesium glowing
white, creating spectrums 
in our godless minds,

find our breath milk
white with fog
and our fingers frozen,

death is coming.