The Hopeless and the Fallen

In a storm by the sea, I was captured
Forced to swallow my dreams like salt water
Choking as my last hope, clung desperately to by broken being
They forced my eyes open
Had me watch reality turn to nightmare
As the waves rose and the darkness settled
The world I knew crumbled.

When the universe reversed…
Roles were exchanged
Evil spread and covered the earth like a hot-boxed room
People getting high off grief and madness, threatening to overcome
For it was the Joker, who played the jokes
And everyone else who had fallen to their knees
Left to beg for a merciful ending
To a half-lived life
Only to be butchered
And left for the circling vultures
Which were left to starve for days
Now feasting on the bodies of the hopeless and the fallen

Those shadows moved in unison
As they tore the light from the hearts of the people devoured
Screams were cut off and the echoes remained
For the story will never be retold
The dying moon’s last smile in the sky
My last wish for happiness
Now come
…now gone