The World To End December 21, 2012

The World To End December 21, 2012 By Elton Camp The Mayas, for wisdom, are unsurpassed To the superstitious, what a great contrast God of nature they worshipped so faithfully Gods of rain, rainbow, corn & sun they see Lest they help, a failure would be every crop From starvation, into death they would drop They buried their dead underneath the floor So they could talk to them as done before Demons from the Place of Awe they fear Did ceremonies so they wouldn’t come near The powerful priests didn’t act very nice Why, they even decided who to sacrifice Frightening masks they always wore So demons would fear them and abhor To look into mirrors they seldom did dare Monsters from Awe could drag them there A minor problem had their calendar, though Because about leap year they didn’t know So for a people so informed and so wise To know the end wouldn’t be a surprise Jesus’ words must be ignored, though “The day and hour you will not know”