Photo CC by Rohit Rath
As if the streets no longer exist…the blue sky is gone too!
All one can see is the never-ending black vortex with bright stars
disappear one by one
Sunlight no longer exists so the trees have fallen into the abyss
Down, down they go without a word uttered by onlookers
People with no homes lay under the ground as skeletons
Their flesh eaten by dogs before the priest read from the Bible
Relatives did not cry or speak for they were silent as terrified
children
Faces smeared with the ashes of massacred ancestors
Gas chambers were used to dispose of every soul of our world
Civilizations banished due to shameless deeds
No creed could withstand the relentless greed swallowed by all
God came to reclaim His suicidal children and to banish everyone
else to hell
A river of sadness flowed from his eyes into the streets of every city
He watched the buildings turn into mush and the creatures that speak
drown without squeaking
He could not bear to listen to their pleas of mercy
each face painted with horror!
When the apple trees nearly touched the sky God smiled
When they drooped over the ocean till nearly touching the cold surface
God became sad
One world of His bent to the will of His deranged children
His paradise is not a toy to be twisted and pulled for anyone’s delight
Yet, no one acknowledged His screams for attention
If His fingers fell towards the Earth’s forest, breaking countless of trees
We would assume nothing but an odd event had come to pass
The concerns of a previous world did not match our own
We were in denial…our faces were covered in deep cuts
Bleeding a river of regret that darkened minute by minute
Water like oil can annihilate life with one spark
The children stood before the stream with lit candles
To be sorry for disobeying one’s parents
To be sorry for not saying “Yes” to cruelty
No more liberty, only fear is what we know
No more food or water, it’s time for us to go
