Isolated

I walk down this lonely, barren road, not knowing what I’ll find. No trees or mountains in the distance, just a vast empty space of nothingness.

My throat is parched, my thighs shake, sweat pours down my face. I thirst for something I can not find. I look to the left, to the right, ahead, behind -nothing, no one. I scream, a blood curdling scream, and not even an echo returns.

Where have they all gone? Where are all the children, families, friends, lovers? They hide in fear, afraid of this unknown, untreatable monster that has taken over the planet. Fear of living, fear of dying, fear of never knowing the touch of a loved one again.

I wait, they wait, we all wait for this demon to crawl back into the core of the earth where it originated. It doesn’t return though it tortures, maims, and kills- it is merciless.

Yet, we still hope, still have faith that an entity greater than that demon will restore this world back to sanity.

No one will take away our great HOPE.