Among Ashes and Monoliths

Still rising from the ashes Monoliths of a long lost time We brought our own destruction For no apparent reason or rhyme The end of what would sustain us The end of all thats fair Our selfish strive for pleasures Greedily grabbing more than our share The used to be such beauty A world beyond compare Lush with vibrant colors With resources to spare A fragile palpable Eden Something concrete never vague Which we destroyed and ravaged Humankind the eighth plague And we fell upon the earth Like locusts in a swarm A race in feeding frenzy Killing to get more Obese and numb and bloated We gorged ourselves regardless Of consequence honesty and moral And in distant valleys The cries of millions were heard The mountains shook from under thundering blasts The heavens cried acrimonious tears And ashes covered a shuddering world The trees all stood naked and withered and died And became pillars in our morose mausoleum We're the hell on Earth And we fell upon existence Like locusts in a swarm A race in feeding frenzy Obliterating to get more Obese and numb and bloated We gorged ourselves regardless Of consequence honesty and moral Now there's nothing more but sadness In a cold and destitute realm Thats all that ever follows With the greedy at the helm Bereaved of hope and beauty We struggle to understand In selfish bitter mourning How it all got out of hand

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 22, 2025