After the Solar Flares

Its the year 2012
Predictions came true
Earth as we know
Has bitten more, than we can chew

Solar flares 
Descended today
We knew they were coming
In deadly rays

All it took
From detection to earth
Was fifteen minutes
Sunburst finish

The oceans have risen
The flood plains reclaimed
Millions have been lost
Drowned, homeless or maimed

Its now 2013
And our atmosphere's shattered
With the polar caps melted
We now must do what matters

As we came to terms
The invasion came
Its as if they had waited
For we were their gain

Where they came from
We do not know
They are more advanced than us
As we take blow by blow

Paris my home city
Is under water
The Eiffel Tower distorted
As i watch the slaughter

As i look to the sky
Their mother-ship hovers
With fighters aplenty
We have no place to cover
 
Belongings, bodies
The stench of disease
As we are constantly pounded
With precision and ease

Our airfields and armies
Obliterated to nil
The human race as it stands
Tastes the bitterest of pill

Then in mid July
We heard some news
From the Atlantic deep 
Now Paris is viewing

Three missiles
Broke from the blue
To their mother-ship headed
All aimed and true

Our navies were lost
But the ships of the deep
Escaped the rays
While the polar flares steeped

It took many, many months
As the invaders were brought down
To the waters we have grown used to
It was their turn to drown

Why they were here
We still do not know
For tomorrow is a new day
As us survivors will show

One thing we do know
And we know this for sure
Our world will never be
The way it was before




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Copyright © | Year Posted 2009


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Date: 12/26/2009 9:46:00 PM
I can see the film credits! Very entertaining and imaginative!
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Date: 12/26/2009 5:08:00 PM
U were in deep thought writing this beauty James.. heating up the mental waves to make one think... are we really headed for this scene? could be... thankxxx for sharing tonight and for your very "hot" comments on my poetry.. hope the snow was not too cold for u and u did not melt it too fast... this is the mood I was in today... too long to explain... maybe via hotmail... luv... Linda-Marie..
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Date: 12/26/2009 1:09:00 PM
Interesting scifi write. Glad it has not happened. Keep the creative pen flowing. Sara
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Date: 12/26/2009 9:46:00 AM
Very creative with vivid imagery that really captivates the reader James. Exceptional job! Thanks so much for sharing! Have a fantastic day~Mary
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Date: 12/26/2009 7:48:00 AM
Great story, James ! If this isn't already a movie theme, it should be! Box office hit. Move over mr Wells. nice rhyming-Robert
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