Seconds To Die

From The Choosing Sides Collection

 

The only witness left...

The moon,

deep in space it sits,

the earth,

blown to bits,

nothing left behind,

no longer possessing the ability to protect Mankind,

now only thick clouds of smoke

filled the air,

and the trees choke,

as they tumble down,

no humans around

to hear the sounds,

uprooted from the ground,

angry branches crushing into dust,

continents shattering,

Oceans spraying marine life into the sky,

unlike the way it was nurtured,

it’s now left unprotected to die.

God stood in the Heavens

trying to look dignified,

millions of years to evolve,

and only seconds to die.

From where God hovered over the destruction,

he wondered how the humans felt now,

their world bombed,

the ground falling beneath their feet,

all Mankind fallen to a needless defeat,

the air gushing out of their lungs,

nausea, death, extinction, destruction!

God heard the innocent cry,

he heard the sounds of panic,

throbbing in his head,

so much destruction, and everyone dead.

God Heard his sanity calling,

he heard the souls falling,

all in his midst of madness,

not one country, not one Super Power

was willing to try,

millions of years to evolve,

and only seconds to die...

Reviews

[Butch Decatoria]

wow, um... pretty grim tale of a possibility that I hope will not happen. Great rhyme and rhythmic flow, not too contrived with your words. Only issue is subject matter, I am not a fan of doom & gloom, but it is just imagination doing its thing. Thank you for sharing & reviewing.
~~PFluffer
(Butch Decatoria)

[Katie L]

love it

[angelina blue]

wow...i can actually envision this so clearly in your colorful use of words.....a sad, but great poem.

[Michael X]

this is a really great poem in metaphorical reasoning and meaning, powerful truth to ponder, speaks to
the masses, Nice Job

[Poeticpiers]

A starkly powerful write but I think it more likely we will go out with a whimper choked by our own garbage

[Delilah Dunn]

Powerful, raw, honest. Very well written, an edge-of-your-seat poem. Thank you for sharing.

[Ally Baker]

Great write. Thanks for sharing.

~~ALly Baker
"Don't upset the writer. They might put you in one of their books and kill you."