Apocalypse

How do you envision the end of the world? Zombies? Giant monsters? Plague? War? A threat from space? Natural disasters? Wrathful gods?
How do you see it?

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ML, you know I'm not big on Bible stuff but I have say this: Awesome!

Pond

There was a pond.
The sky was a crisp blue without a cloud.
Surrounded by large trees bearing fruits and life,
Chirps, croaks and buzzes accompanied the once lonely air,
A cool breeze constantly moved the grass and calmed the foxes,
The scent of flowers, dew, and wood protected the scenery.

There was a pond.
A lone figure,
Constantly fading in and out of reality,
Using a tree as support.

Memory?
Abandoned.
Shape?
Distorted.
Human?
Maybe.

Staggering,
Limping,
Violently phasing,
Found the pond.

Kneeling,
Dipping,
Drinking.

There was a pond.
The water turned acidic black.
Boiling as the trees quickly decayed.
"Water" baptized the new world.

Life turned rabid,
Birds killing their offspring,
Rabbits slaughtering foxes.

The air turned fowl,
Sulfur, ash and death filled lungs with despair.

The sky glowed,
With souls and radiation,
Dark clouds were commonplace.

The figure?
Humanoid.
The figure?
The bringer of death.
The figure?
You.
Humanity?
Some.
Humanity
Replaced.
Replaced?
Demons.

Any rules on format or maximum amount of words?

Any limit on the number of submissions?

HarleyQuinn said:Any rules on format or maximum amount of words?preferably no prose, the longer the better

FlakyPorcupine said:Any limit on the number of submissions?I did leave that out didn't I? Make it up to three submissions per poet

The End Time

Behold the end time nears
the sands of time will rule no more
the axis of the orb shall stop
blueness of skies darken

steam from the seas
will heat the darkening heavens
from beneath there will stir
flames in its molten fury

the heavens will open in thunders
Laki`s eruptions grow puny
in all human memories
Surtr was just a tiny spurt

For nothing will stop the roar
of triumphant nature
as it re conquer its domain
once fed on without mercy by humankind

death and destruction by storms
devastations by volcanic eruptions
waves from dark ocean will sweep
the land of filth and debris

the skies will open up
penetrated by flaming rocks
from beyond the space
and shooting to earth

and through it all
Man will fight each other
killing fellow humans for greed
blood spills to the end.

Hades, can we post old writes? or only new ones?

New ones please

It would be Black.

I imagine that
a great everlasting
dark
Blacker
than Black
Black.

It would be Silence.

I'd imagine that
a vast deafening
quieter
than quiet
Silent
Silence.

That Black Silence
I'd imagine that
the Black Silence
would be the result
of consumption

I'd imagine that
Big Black Silent
Consumption
will result in

Black

Silence

-x-

I bid my last wits a sad goodbye
Sundown's closing in
There are secrets the dreamland keep
More than meets the eye
Eyes deceiving, false conceiving
Thoughts misleading fear's exceeding
It's the things you see
And the things you don't
It's the things you hear
And the things you won't
Dancing shadows upon my wall
Nightmares are closing in
They have won if I fall asleep
Then I'm surely lost
The walls are bleeding
Painful breathing
The night's impending, a fright unending

Come rain, come shine, no lie of mine
Eternal dark is my shrine
The sun might shine outside but in my heart death hides
I'll take your hand, end your stride
I'll lead you through to the other side
Into a world so old
Into a world so cold under a blackened sky
This is a world foretold I belong here
Under my blackened sky there is no sun in sight
Under my blackened sky you belong here
Come shine, come rain, true words of mine
Let's go my friend, please follow
When you're out ov this world you're way beyond sorrow
Your time in life has past and gone
The race you fed it is all but won

Silent storm clouds
Slow they came, in God's name
Bold and blinded
We're the same, still no shame
Is this our fall from grace
Is this our final trace
Is this the end ov time
In this eleventh chime
The crown ov nature
Pagan fools, Pagan rules
A lost creation
Seals the womb, seals the tomb
Are we the last in line to read the clearest sign?

The fallen and graceless, the twisted and odd
Like outcasts from heaven, abandoned by God
They're wakeless in daylight, evoked by the night
When sneaking in shadows, they're well out ov sight
Wayward angels
Burned by light, blessed by night
Nocturnal seed, unholy breed
Creeping and crawling
The shapeless and vague
What's unseen by mankind still feared like the plague
Their spirits are strong and your flesh is so weak
Who dares to get close when their find is their keep
Keep all ov your lights lit when huddled in fear
The ancient and timeless, abstracted still near
If silence at twilight might lead you astray
When fooled by its stiffness you won't get away

Living your life in such a rush
You have so much to do, time is not enough
Never a thought about that day
When you'll be dead and gone and passed away
Memento mori, remember death
Memento mori, your final breath
Life is not forever, never forget
Memento mori, eternal rest
You feel afraid to face the end
It's much easier to just pretend
That you will live forever more
Out no one does and that's for sure
Working so hard to reach your dreams
Feeling invincible if so it seems
You're deep on buying things you need
No need for anything to rest in peace
The day you die it's all too late
No second chance to change your fate
Enjoy the time while you're alive
Or you will find life passed you by

From my black tongue words ov scorn
Out ov darkness my ways were born
I can still fear their presence
The thoughts within my mind
Frail dreams ov wayward essence
A deal that you've unsigned
So mean, unclean and godless
The roots I'm scared to find
Their needs are often heartless
Like truth that's long declined
Strange and vain are the feelings
As my mind can flow free
These unpleasant revealings
Can they really be me?
My thoughts will pull me under
Life spinning round and round
Where will it stop I wonder?
No trace ov solid ground like seconds into hours
My days are passing by
I'll climb an endless tower
As life's an endless lie

Destroyer of worlds

So close yet so far away
It is night in the deep of space
All head and heel in disarray
The giant sleeps in a frozen embrace
It is not God or an Angel race
That comes in the end from the sky
You will see it face to face
When rock and rock collide

Hurled like a bullet after the bang
And forged through infinite heat
From the furthest point of the astral plane
Heads a projectile of frozen debris
An unstoppable force unhindered by gravity
Consuming all things in its path
Devouring stars as it ravishes galaxies
It's appetite will go unmatched

Radioactive without the fallout
And lead without the bore
Death from above with no air raid sirens to call out
No dropping bombs and no "Hit the floor!"
There will be no post-apocalyptic survivor war
There will be no survivors at all
Our shattered and broken planet will be scattered galore
As man and god both fall

It will be seen in the daytime sky
With definition like the moon
Heading toward our earth and twice the size
Armageddon is coming soon
They call it a Rouge Planet and Asteroid of doom
Without warning it came from behind the sun
Fear and panic quickly ensue
For the destroyer of worlds has come