Oracle-in-Onyx

I hold the weight of your segmented heart as it begins to disintegrate, ashes and dust slipping through my fingers, I clench my fists with all I have as the blood pools around my feet. Your eyes want nothing more than to see me, but I watch them struggle against the ghosts the desert wind howls between us and I feel the heat as a warm breath and it staggers me, with the lingering scent of death. I step through the fire and cross the bridge of memories and nightmare to bring you home to me, with pythons grace and unwavering strength my arms eclipse around you. I know your mind has been blown apart like shrapnel embedded into bone, I sa