As It Ends

As I stand alone on the edge
The abyss although beneath me
Looms over my soul and weighs me down
 The void beckons me closer
As soft and gentle as a lover's touch
Enticing, twisting, tormenting but I love her nonetheless
But for all its reassurences it is naught but a liar
A harsh mistress
But in her arms my eyes finally open
And I see
Yes I see
I see the world end
It goes down screaming
But who cares since there is no one to hear it
Like a majestic oak
Struck down it begins a slow decent to the ground
In an empty forest with only the acorns and grass as witnesses
Will it make a sound?
The same way the worlds twists and turns today
Calling for a savior, begging to be heard
Not knowing its lamentations fall upon deaf ears
Because as the world ends it goes not in a bang
 No, it goes down with a whisper
A sob, a whimper, a single tear down the cheek of the universe
As it witnesses the finest of creations
Destroyed by the greed of its dwellers
A utopia torn down by the thirst for power
As the ice caps melt and break
As the deserts burn up and dry our lands
As the species die down one by one
Do you now see the signs?
Do you not hear the cries?
Of a desperate mother
Bearing witness as her childern chop her down and kill her
For all our pretenses we keep flooding our oceans with waste
Filling our atmosphere with fumes
Tainting the reason you and I still breathe
Killing the dome which keeps you alive
But still we keep digging down
Shamelessly ravaging nature in the name of progress
Ripping apart the very ground we stand on
Then ever the hypocrites we come back and complain
Complain to everybody for not doing what anybody could have done
I would be the greatest one if I laid blame on you alone
I am as guilty as you
 I liter here, start a fire there
Burn a cig here, throw a bottle there
I am flawed, I am human, I live up to it, so should you.