I thought there would be
more noise,
more fire and destruction,
wailing and lamentations,
war and smoke
and blood and darkness.
Instead,
the only noise I hear
is intolerant,
incessant whining.
Don’t people know
that we woke up
post-apocalyptic?
We no longer get to dream.
This is it.
The world is over.
Not sure why you’re listening to
anyone who tells you other.
There were no heraldic trumpets,
the sky stayed closed,
it did no open.
No great flash,
bang,
no tidal wave,
no quake;
we just woke up
and it was over.
Quite frankly,
I’m kind of surprised
so many survived,
but this is a long apocalypse,
it’ll take a few more decades
to kill all of the living.
Until then,
I guess,
we’re going to have to put up with
the whining of the damned
and the complaining
of the faithless.
I always thought
the end of the world
would be different;
not so weak and needy.
More epic battles,
custom cars
and cool hairstyles.
I guess it won’t be with a “BANG!”,
but with a snide remark,
a complaint
and a whimper.
After all of this,
we’re don’t go out in style;
we go out
as petulant children.
HG – 2019
Great post 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it.