POEM: Apocalypse Now?
This was written to the featured image on this week’s CPC Simple Sunday Picture challenge. The art is titled “Almost the End” and is by Romanian artist “gyurka.”
APOCALYPSE NOW?
As arson brought the end of days,
and Gabriel blew through smoke’s haze,
noble creatures showed objection
to civilized life’s dissection.
An archetype of good on Earth,
eagle torso, tree roots and girth,
faced certain destruction bound
as smouldering ash cloaked the ground.
Was thus millenia of toil,
and thoughtful sense brought to such boil?
Incredulous all beings seemed
while innocent and guilty screamed.
But wait! Can there be salvation
yet, plucked from this consternation?
Only those in the same species
might rescue all from fan-spread feces.
Does rescue come through liberty
though often some will disagree?
Can freedom to survive, succeed
impart the strength to sate each need?
Is that why eagle looks so stern?
To see what works set light to burn?
And more to point, is it too late
to halt apocalyptic fate?
Copyright September 29th 2012 RGD