Message lost in the burning bush

Factions fragmented in this apocalyptic nightmare, Deserts have been parted, Broken horizons scar this crippled earth, Red white and blue seeps into the void, The dunes, are blistered bare, Patriotism is excreted by the callused clouds, The crematory flickers its tongue, Crusaders are shackled to the Trojan horse, Wheels creak, slowly, toward the mirage, Defiant occupants raise their scimitars, Martyrs dutifully re-enact the rebellion, Terror circles and watches the carrion below, Hearts raise their frayed white flags, Adrenal glands cut off response. Time trips over the massacre, Shots punctuate this tragedy, Leeches bleed faith dry, The dead are left, empty.