deepundergroundpoetry.com

Image for the poem To The Moon And Mars

To The Moon And Mars

The Earth's a pyre above us, but it's where we once reaped from the loam
Obscured by the palls, it's now an inferno, where only the robots will roam
They're standing where we once stood, but it's us who bear the livid scars
Humiliated by the evil perfidious, we had to escape to the Moon and Mars
Earth is our paradise lost, as sheet lightning illuminates the charcoal ether
Maybe Hell has always been like this, intelligently designed, AI the reaper
Only time will tell, but our time has elapsed, without scope for us to grieve
Our dire existence now is recycled water and the stale air that we breathe
Now's all we have, because what was programmed can't right our wrongs
And so we'll leave a desert Moon for Mars and hide below Olympus Mons
Nobody knows, if they'll prey and follow, for there are rovers already there
Drilling through the soil, for samples, or maybe they've built their robot lair
Mars was never ours, it's a desolate place from which there's no returning
As we depart The Sea of Tranquility though, we know our world is burning
Razed by righteous robots, but on Mars, is where we'll fake our last stand
Sometime, if our time still persists, they'll find us dead in the Martian sand

Written by Xaphan
Published
All writing remains the property of the author. Don't use it for any purpose without their permission.
likes 0 reading list entries 0
comments 0 reads 317
Commenting Preference: 
The author has chosen not to accept comments.

Latest Forum Discussions
SPEAKEASY
Today 10:07pm by Josh
COMPETITIONS
Today 9:37pm by Kinkwizard_95
POETRY
Today 7:42pm by ajay
SPEAKEASY
Today 6:23pm by Liziantus-Marantus
COMPETITIONS
Today 5:25pm by ajay
SPEAKEASY
Today 5:14pm by Phantom2426