It didn’t
start out like we thought it would –
no nuclear war
or a deadening plague
or a giant asteroid
or an alien invasion –
no big bang
signalling the end of civilisation.
It began like any normal day,
the sun was shining in a bright blue sky,
the birds were singing in the leafy trees,
and everyone went about their day.
It started with a good deed
that grew and spread,
enveloping the world.
The world changed drastically
like ice melting in a fire –
no more was there
greed – poverty – war – cruelty.
The world flourished,
becoming the paradise it was always meant to be.
But we forgot,
forgot our knowledge and instinct
on how to be predators,
on how to fight for what was ours.
Our Irregular Apocalypse of peace and love
was our ultimate downfall.
We had no weapons or the will to fight
when the aliens attacked.
Our planet was incinerated
for a new intergalactic diner
aptly named after us.
“Paradise Lost”
no nuclear war
or a deadening plague
or a giant asteroid
or an alien invasion –
no big bang
signalling the end of civilisation.
It began like any normal day,
the sun was shining in a bright blue sky,
the birds were singing in the leafy trees,
and everyone went about their day.
It started with a good deed
that grew and spread,
enveloping the world.
The world changed drastically
like ice melting in a fire –
no more was there
greed – poverty – war – cruelty.
The world flourished,
becoming the paradise it was always meant to be.
But we forgot,
forgot our knowledge and instinct
on how to be predators,
on how to fight for what was ours.
Our Irregular Apocalypse of peace and love
was our ultimate downfall.
We had no weapons or the will to fight
when the aliens attacked.
Our planet was incinerated
for a new intergalactic diner
aptly named after us.
“Paradise Lost”
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Not my best or my usual.
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