Otherworldly and sad and, I fear, all too prescient. This enveloped me in its textures, and made me despair, so very effective indeed!

You describe the effect of war in just a few words. The text sounds distant, quickly matter-of-fact or very resigned and no longer able to feel anything out of self-protection.
For me the music reflects pure despair, death, loss, powerlessness.

This piece is completely different than yesterday's and that's what I find so fascinating about your music: you manage to express the entire spectrum of humanity!

the plucking over the blowing is a disconcerting environment for the reminder of what Before and After often means