haiku story

{these function fine separately, but also go together.}

stars shine on, and the
sky's reflection doesn't fade.
Filled with emptiness.

blankets spread over
fields of grass, car parked in the
ant hills-collateral.

girl looks sideways &
the silence is gold, but at
this point, don't turn back.

insects cry out. Perhaps
there may be new beginnings,
but their homes are gone.

boy rolls over; his hands
capture a grasshopper. Lives
balance violently.

struggles are pointless,
& clasped hands wash out past crimes.
Humanity's shameless.