The Mayan Declared

The year is 2025 I have come back to my past To witness the Mayans Who said Earth would not last 2012 Was the year they declared That the planet we knew Could never be spared An Asteroid shower We could never comprehend Sends this heaven to hell In catastrophic spend The first to hit Was the daddy of them all Our axis twisted The human race in fall Just of Madagascar In the Indian Ocean It's where it all started That set our demise in motion Tsunami waves Like giant tower blocks Swamped Indonesia As Polynesia rocked The force of impact Reverberated west On the Canary Islands A dormant volcano so reft It's massive mountain side Into the Atlantic slipped To the eastern seaboard Of the United States it shipped A second Tsunami Half the world long Would submerge the east Taking the weak and the strong The second to hit Hit a place struck before Tunguska in Russia Receives another sore Daylight turns to night As earth meets our skies Fallout from the reactors In shattered demise Radiated clouds Eventually filter down Leaving bleeding lacerations As we humans death drown Smaller asteroids Some just a few hundred feet Around the world they were marvelled Until they meet their greet The place where I stand now Was Yosemite National Park Now dark ridges of black So bare and stark It's been many many years Since the sun shone through the screen When I close my eyes I remember When the earth was lush and green How many of us survived Will we ever know Was this in our destiny I think all around me, now shows
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December 27, 2010 at 5:55 PM
Congratulations on your win in Gareth Jame's "2012" contest James. Love, Carol
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December 23, 2010 at 10:32 AM
You took a thought-provoking approach and described well the potential future of our planet, James. Congratulations to you as well, dear friend. Love and best wishes for a merry Christmas, Carolyn
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December 23, 2010 at 8:07 AM
Congrats James on your super top ten win in the 2012 contest with this astounding write and entry ... enjoy sweet success with luv .. happy holidays...
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February 6, 2010 at 6:25 AM
Great write from information gathered pulling your imagination and intellect into the limelight. Keep the creative and imaginative pen flowing across the page. I don't know how I missed this one. Glad that I saw it. Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my work. Sara
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February 5, 2010 at 10:11 AM
James, this is indeed a very thought provoking read. Thank you for sharing this magnificent write. Love,Carol
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February 4, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Should enter this in the Time Warp contest or the Paranormal contest .. great write James ..so intriguing and holds the attention of the reader from sheer fascination till the end.. luv... Linda-Marie
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February 4, 2010 at 4:23 PM
I've written on this same subject myself. Something about the numerology of 12/21/2012....? Better celebrate Christmas early that year. LOL. Nice piece! ***Danielle***
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