Solar Drowning

No water fills these lungs, no gasping plea,

Yet in the sun's embrace, I slowly cease to be.

A furnace sky, a shimmering white heat,

The desert wind whispers, a parched, desperate beat.

Sand shimmers molten, a mirage's cruel jest,

The horizon blurs, a wavering, shimmering crest.

Sweat boils on skin, a salty, stinging rain,

The body surrenders, racked by searing pain.

Shadows retreat, offering no cool reprieve,

The relentless sun, a tyrant, I can't believe.

Vision dims, a kaleidoscope of gold,

The once vibrant world, now fades, turns cold.

Each labored breath, a rasp against the dry,

A desperate yearning for the solace of a sigh.

The heart, a frantic drum, a fading, hollow beat,

Lost in the furnace, a solar drowning, bittersweet.

Stars peek through the heat haze, a mocking, distant gleam,

A final, fleeting dream, a cool and flowing stream.

Swept away in sunlight, a silent, shimmering demise,

A victim of the desert, beneath molten sunrise.