Selfishness and greed
Feed the ego of man
Strip the world of its resources
Living closed minded
Leaving behind
The dead and the weak
Animal species
Becoming extinct

Mankind
Strives for knowledge
Concrete towers
To the skies
Civilizations
Built and destroyed
Industry
Over consumption

Pain and sorrow
For all the living
Pollution fills
The atmosphere
Poison clouds
Angry seas
Coastal cities
Swallowed

Continue to fight
Each other for survival
Even though
There is no time
To save themselves
No politics or religion
No order
Mass confusion

Endless darkness
Seeing through blinded eyes

Food and water
Running scarce
Vegetation dies
There is no light
No time to evolve
Bring themselves to extinction

Intelligence lost
With all the technology
Moments in time
Desolate wastelands
Ruins of humans
Life returns
Without interference
The world soon will heal

Continue to fight
Each other for survival
Even though
There is no time
To save themselves
No politics or religion
No order
Mass confusion

Admired from a far
Mesmerized wondering
Feelings intense
Strong and secure

Weakness
Not a Factor
Suddenly
Stopped in time

Light Flashes in the mind
Visions of the past
Vivid memories
Thoughts of the end
Questioning reality
Opportunities in the future
Chances not taken
Anger and resentment

Sorrow piercing
Through the heart
Walls are built
To protect

Breached by trust
Conflicting beliefs
Emotions
Controlling actions

Cutting ties of all commitments
Vows
Forever broken
Returning back
To ones self
Fears
Have been conquered

Leaving a mark

That all will remember