David Kavanagh Poet Rhyme

The Second Incoming

A probe enters the solar system, lays low behind our moon
It’s mission, monitor mankind’s behaviour, we’re impugned 
A decision needs making, if our planet should be dragooned 
By sending a huge asteroid, type that brought T Rex s ruin

Observing our every movement, then relaying it back to base
Hidden for countless generations, right overhead in space 
Watched the pyramids being built, and our nuclear arms race 
Not to be judged individually, as a species, for mans mistakes

Having run many simulations, from data that was gathered 
Projections proved inconclusive, based on all collated matter
Far too many variables, each outcome trumping the latter 
Intrigued by this incongruity, it’s decided to defer our splatter

A higher council grants another century, see if we can change 
Whilst down here on earth, humanity continues to rearrange
Time’s running out, this rock’s prepped, almost within range
Coordinates are being input, the exact moment prearranged 

I’ve figured out ground zero, impacting spot first to succumb 
And its not rocket science, when this poem is said and done 
Place of endless troubles, built by Jews, Christians, Muslims
Where nobody ever listened, you’ve guessed right; Jerusalem 

By 
David Kavanagh

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Sotto Poet May 31, 2021 at 4:43 PM You made the right prediction, my friend. You've written a profound and thought-provoking poem that, through the use of powerful imagery and symbolism, paints a vivid picture of the entire planet on the verge of destruction. The final days of time and space are drawing ever closer to our extinction, and we must all work cooperatively to achieve the only long-term solution to the Middle East's most perilous problem. David Kavanagh June 1, 2021 at 12:43 AM Heya Lasaad, indeed there is a lot more being alluded to here, than at first glance, religion and technology in the wrong hands, is a recipe for disaster, and the world turning its back on the problem, only adds kindling for the inevitable fire, I just have to polish some wording in this one, still a bit crude in places, cheers David