Imagining the End of the World

I saw the four horsemen of the apocalypse Beckoning me to join them on their midnight ride Death, pestilence, plague and war They were ready to ride into the sunset Spreading their hate with them As they led the world to its foretold doom The end days were approaching they told me And their time was near I begged them to hold off To give us more time To work things out They laughed and said Time waits for no one We have a divine plan to work out You have been warned before And will be warned again and again But soon it will be time And we must do our duty To bring an end to this benighted world And fulfill our destiny And yours But for now We will let you sleep And let you prepare yourself For the time is near The end of the world is coming It is later than you think Soon soon the antichrist will come Uniting the world And leading the battles too come Before the end of the world And mankind ceases to exist Just dust in the wind Of a dead planet In a forgotten corner of an uncaring universe All part of God’s plan