Will it come with fire and brimstone?
Fearful children running alongside their parents–
Threatened to be charred while in motion.
Can we expect it as if in a blink of time?
A piece of history chewed up, swallowed, and spat
Back out to us dripping with disdain?
A deluge, a monsoon, a tsunami wrapped into one
Cast down from the heavens above,
Drowning us into oblivion.
The end will come with hungry mouths
Burdened by fangs–blackholes for bellies
Unable to fill.
It will come without us knowing,
During a moment where love
And destiny meet.
It will come with hopeless wings
Shy of flying and a soul fraught with pain.
The world will crumble,
Break apart, turn into dust,
And find its way jarred and placed
On God’s shelf as a reminder of
What he should not have done.
What of the end?
Can we rely on it to be on time?
Sometimes, I have to write my way out of a funk–out of the pain and sadness that I feel for this world. There is so much we can do if we work together, if we loved each other more. There are so many ways that we can contribute to making our world a better place. I wish… we did so much more of what we need to do.
“It will come with hopeless wings
Shy of flying and a soul fraught with pain.” Love that line! it makes this end of the world, this apocalypse, seem paradoxically tender while at the same time being violent … so many meanings whirling inside my head!
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Hey, you! Thank you. Yeah… It rips up my brain on some days. I try not to think about it too much. Thank you for reading. 🙂
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TrE , I feel your sadness here. I also feel the love in your heart, and the ache of despair. Really good writing. 🤗
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Thank you, Deb. I really appreciate that.
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powerful – strength here so much so…
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Thank you, Krissy.
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most welcome
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We each must do our own little bit as best we can. Added together, it can, and will, make a difference! xx
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This is true, Peter. Very true. Thank you.
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Lets hope for a nicer ending trE! ❤
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Well, Ogden… Lol. If we all don’t shape up… *sighs* I am hopeful, though. 😊
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