Despair and Extinction

Candle burning, at both ends
Spend it all, fast as it spends

Despairing, dying, bleeding heart
Cry for mercy, get torn apart

Shattered world, broken sky
Cataclysm coming, we all shall die

Ticking bomb, dwindling time
Destroy the Earth, our final crime
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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November 9, 2018 at 8:39 AM
Potent, succinct and apt.
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