The Earthen Maw

Thousands upon thousands of years
Monuments standing the test of time
Human achievement soaring high
But is this how we end?

Slipping like quicksand through the ground
Skyscrapers no longer standing tall
Our time turning into a passing memory
From ashes our age returns to dust.

Purge the world, pull us under
Swallow humanity through its earthen maw
Mother Nature reclaims her throne
Father Time shows no sympathy nor remorse.

Our cars, our houses, tugged below
Beasts watching on with tilted heads
Man slipping through the suffocating abyss
Leaving gaping holes in his wake.

Humanity... has... fallen...
We embark on our return to earth.
Supplies... air... fading...
Would I survive to see one last sunset?