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An Everlasting Winter


The nuclear weapons were demons, wreaking havoc everywhere

Our beautiful Earth destroyed, damaged, and devastated

Nature rapidly changing like never before

An irreparable loss that cannot be fixed

Nothing to do but pause and stare 

 

The sky looks like black licorice, the sun no longer shines

A shadow flies across the planet

Everlasting darkness closing in 

Unable to see the stars twinkle 

It is too late to change these hideous war crimes

 

Once the dancing, angry atomic fires take their final breath

A winter cold and sinister as never before encompasses the world

A shiver that never leaves

Fridgid bodies and hearts

Earth thrust into the wispy fingers of death 

 

Another dead planet joins the Milky Way 

Our world becomes the sister of Mars

Life will slowly slip away 

Maybe Mother Nature will rescue mankind from these terrors

Or maybe this is her way of making us pay 

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Comments (2)

devcat77
<p>Thank you for reading my poem, and for your suggestion! I think you're right about "licorice" not quite fitting with the rest of the words. I've started thinking about some other words to replace it!&nbsp;</p><p>Your comment really made my day! Thank you again!&nbsp;</p>
TheLyricBard
<p>This poem is facinating! I love the imagery in it--just spendid! It is truly like reading an entire story in less than a minute. I enjoyed it very much!</p><p>I hate to seem nit-picky, but in my opinion, the line: "The sky looks like black licorice, the sun no longer shines" is lovely, however, I don't like the use of <em>licorice</em>. I feel it doesn't fit in with the overall feeling you're trying to create.</p><p>Keep up the good work!&lt;&lt;3</p>

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