ArtsAutosBooksBusinessEducationEntertainmentFamilyFashionFoodGamesGenderHealthHolidaysHomeHubPagesPersonal FinancePetsPoliticsReligionSportsTechnologyTravel

The End Of The World - Poetry

Updated on December 4, 2016



The boy sat on his grandfathers knee

On a rocking chair that was close to the sea,

Tell me the story of how this began,

This world we know, this age of man!

He looked at his grandpa with innocent eyes,

Grandpa chuckled,

And said

I'll tell you no lies


The Apocalypse is what I will tell

It's not what you expect

So listen up well!

Learn the lessons made by your kind,

As forward you travel

Through life, space and time...

I'll begin..


It started on a Tuesday afternoon if I recall,

I was playing with my friends,

In a game of baseball!

The sun was shining,

The sky was clear,

The birds were singing in my ear!

And then the judgement came...


Fire and brimstone? the boy chipped in,

What was it like?

Did the people riot?

No, said grandpa, a twinkle in his eye,

Nothing like that,

It was surprisingly quiet!


The silence came first,

Like none you've ever heard,

Heavily, it descended upon the earth.

HEAR NO EVIL said a voice

Not to missed,

And as if it was magic,

Sound ceased to exist!


Next came the darkness

As the sun turned true black,

SEE NO EVIL said the voice

THERE IS NO LOOKING BACK!


In the silence and darkness

That the world had become,

Time stood still for a while

And the Earth became a drum,

Beating a heartbeat so it was,

Loud, true and clear,

You couldn't ignore it,

It was all you could hear!


People all over the planet had stopped,

Fearing the worst,

To Earths heartbeat they rocked.

They rocked to and fro

And this rock turned to dance,

The planets population,

Animals, and plants


All moved as one

All over the Earth

The heartbeat got faster

No-one saw Death

Approach

And take just a few,

The ones with black in their hearts,

And minds that were cruel.


Those that were left

All dancing as one,

Asked of the voice,

What have we become?

The greed and hate that rules our lives,

How can we change,

Tell us no lies!


The heartbeat, it rumbled..

Turned into a roar,

Then suddenly

Silence

Overtook as before.

SPEAK NO EVIL said the voice

SPEAK IT NO MORE!


And then it was over,

Just like that

The End

And the new dawn of man

Was left to contend

With what was left

When the sun switched back on,

Which was nothing you see,

Everything was gone!


I'll end my tale there

The grandfather said,

Shifting the boy and nodding his head.

The rest's up to you,

To know right from wrong,

For the Earth, she get's mad

As we've known all along!

Another chance we've been given

But it's the last chance saloon,

If we get it wrong now,

We'll be dancing to a very different tune!



working

This website uses cookies

As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy

Show Details
Necessary
HubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.
LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.
Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy)
AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized.
Amazon Web ServicesThis is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy)
CloudflareThis is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy)
Google Hosted LibrariesJavascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy)
Features
Google Custom SearchThis is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy)
Google MapsSome articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
Google ChartsThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)
Google AdSense Host APIThis service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Google YouTubeSome articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
VimeoSome articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
PaypalThis is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook LoginYou can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
MavenThis supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)
Marketing
Google AdSenseThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Google DoubleClickGoogle provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Index ExchangeThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
SovrnThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook AdsThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Unified Ad MarketplaceThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
AppNexusThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
OpenxThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Rubicon ProjectThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
TripleLiftThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Say MediaWe partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy)
Remarketing PixelsWe may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.
Conversion Tracking PixelsWe may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.
Statistics
Author Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)
ComscoreComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Tracking PixelSome articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)
ClickscoThis is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy)