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I never read this, and I only posted it because its really long:
In the beginning?
I stand alone
On the remains
Of a long, lonely road,
Looking for clues.
This place was so barren.
A sea of ruins all around me.
As I walked down the road
I saw there was no life.
But for the rats
That fed on the rotting flesh
Of dogs that once roamed these streets.
A deep blood-red sheet
Choked out the evening sky,
And time passed emptily
As night approached,
I looked up only to be greeted
By the darkness of death.
No stars, no moon.
A brisk wind cut through me
Like a guillotine blade,
So I sought refuge
In an empty building and thought,
Why am I the only one?
What did I do to deserve this?
All I remember
Was waking up alone.
And there was nothing.
Humanity was swept up
And dumped in the garbage.
I was what the broom missed,
I was left here alone. Alone.
The next day, Sunday,
I woke up to the
Same blood-red sky.
Strange,
No sun.
Just the blood-red sky.
I walked toward the door,
That would take me back into the void.
I tripped and came face to face
With a skull,
It?s lower jaw hanging
Like he or she or it was
Laughing at me.
I screamed, then, naturally
Looked around expecting
Cold stares from people.
I felt embarrassed.
But, why?
Nobody was around
To hear my cry.
I had to get out
I just wanted to leave
This morbid place
I once called home.
I was situated in a valley,
So I ventured up the hillside.
When I reached the top
I was standing on a point
Where I could see for miles.
What did I see?
A question that will haunt me
For my remaining years
Here on End-Earth.
I looked out and saw
The whole world
Cast before my eyes.
Same blood-red sky
Gave me the feeling of ?I?m in Hell.?
Maybe I WAS in Hell.
But how could I be?
Where were all the others?
I?m the only one.
I looked down,
And everything lay motionless,
Dead.
The world has moved on
And left me behind.
Was it my fault?
Did I do something to humanity?
This is my worst nightmare
And I can?t wake up.
I?m in my own Hell
Where I am the King.
All alone
I sit on my throne,
Death everywhere.
Same blood-red sky.
Afterward?
Sunday night:
My wrists were bleeding.
I cried out in
Agony and ecstasy.
Monday morning:
I woke up screaming and laughing.
There was no blood.
The whole day, that vision
Was with me like a constant shadow
Monday night:
I stared down the barrel
Of a hundred year-old rifle
Wanted, needed
To end it.
Please! Wake up from
This Nightmare In Red!
I pulled the trigger, and awakened.
I screamed and laughed at the same time.
All day, that vision
Like a shadow, was still with me.
My mind grew weak
From the nightmare.
Maybe it was a sign
Of things yet to unfold.
Maybe it was a sign of The Future.
My Future.
Tuesday night:
I took some pills
That I found
In an abandoned drug store.
I didn?t know if they would poison me,
But I needed
To stop the dreams.
I needed to live,
Not die.
I slept deeply, and
No dreams came to my throne that night
No shadowy visions
Haunted me.
Nothing will come to me ever again.
I am free.
End-Earth is free.
The Blood-red sky turned black.
But?
Was the Nightmare in Red really over?
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