What Once Was

By Rico Colley

At the center of attention,
what once was.
It was living, now not even dead.
Long since gone from this earth,
cracking and dusty.
Resembling little of what we look like,
faded white colors like life and heat
just sucked out completely.
Holes for eyes like a black, never-ending abyss
they are hypnotizing.
Teeth are falling out,
but it still smiles, evilly.