The Fall
The Fall
The human race, a running gag to the cosmos
We have deluded ourselves into believing that we are infallible
But that would be a fatal, self-inflicted fabrication
After all, how can a parasite ever be flawless
Who is knowingly bleeding out the planet without a care
Silently suffocating the mother who gave us life
We have felled the green giants who give us air
To make places we can call home
Actively erasing the thousands of species before our time
And making them nothing but a distant memory
We have mined every vein into nothing but dust
So we can show off our greed to each other
We have willingly poisoned the ocean and sky
And for what? To better our lives?
Prophets have given warnings for us to stop our behavior
But we turned deaf to it, and so they gave up
Some were tuned to the prophets' words and fought to save humanity
But they were met with scorn and bruises, and they quietly disappeared
We, humans have unknowingly signed our death warrant
And the time for our deeds must be collected by all
Without any hope of redemption
As we are forced to watch those we love turn to dust
As we watch the silent consume us all
We are nothing but a monument to the cosmic
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