The End of the World
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010On the horizon we
stand
gripping the rails,
honour fading like
sand
folding the sails.
Some might say we
cling
to the land
hearing the wails,
few of us will
understand,
fearing before
end,
all and each
in one command.
Feeling the nails,
earth’s reprimand -
Gaia, tipping scales -
against the firebrands
moving veils
beyond our hands,
and she demands,
we must not
fail.