Lamentation for the End of the World
The world will end today It will end in hospital wards in speeding cars in shop doorways in dark alleys It will end in unrequited love rejection and betrayal denial and loss in goodbye It will end in dreams shattered expectations dashed starved ambition regret It will end in abuse and misuse in humiliation random acts of neglect apathy The world will end today and another and another until the weight of the universe presses down on human hearts And a new world will not be born If Pandora's box cannot be made of rough timber and straw if Hope will not fit in an infant's hand The world will end today wordinthehand2012