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Call to the Apocalypse

a dying world where the sky is red and the air is black.

By Shalika V.Published 3 years ago 1 min read
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She's lying on the bed, gasping fro air

On the same bed her mother was on the other day

But sadly her mom passed away yesterday just like her baby this morning

She can't see her kids right now 'cause she doesn't want to kill them

She hopes they're safe with their cousins

Thank god for the pandemic, they're as close as they'll ever be to god and to their family

But don't call it a pandemic, call it the apocalypse

Because this is a catastrophe, one that could've been avoided

But they were so busy lining their pockets

They were so busy talking politics

They didn't see that we needed oxygen not bribes

They didn't know that we had to survive to give them votes

I won't be surprised if god was laughing at us

We deserve it, we were so blind that we didn't mind being suffocated

The country's burning and the poor go down with it

Or their bodies burn while their families watch from a distance

'Cause it's too overcrowded to let anyone in

If there's space there's a body burning

Your life ends with suffering and you don't get a dignified death

This is the apocalypse, there's fire everywhere, people die, children cry

And there's no cure in sight, if you wanna survive you have to fight and make sure you've got might

'Cause people are selfish, this is not the first time and this won't be the last

Get inside, close your doors, stay put until it's safe

Or don't give a shit about yourself or the people you claim to love

You could've waited just for a day, watch that movie from home

But when have we ever stopped caring for people who come on that big screen,

They spew bullshit and you sit there and watch, nodding like sheep

So don't be surprised when you see your wife fighting for her life

You did this to her, now watch her die as your soul crumbles

You could've stopped this but chose not to so please, don't cry.

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