Earth's New Birth

The sun remains in a constant darkness Lava still flowing from the ground Nature’s revenge was ever so violent At last, no man is left to hang around. The gods allowed only so much destruction Before finally having had quite enough And then in an instant without any warning The grounds and the skies started to erupt. Man was a renter for a million years But his abuses finally brought the gods to tears It was bad enough what man did to man But destroying earth the gods could not understand. First a few earthquakes, scattered all about Then some volcanoes began to spout The gods were deaf to mankind’s shouts For he spilt the oil that started gushing out. The fire on the water started with a lightning bolt Then lava poured out from the earth’s girth The moon covered the sun for a hundred years As the planet tried again with a brand new birth.