Imagining End of the World
I
saw the four horsemen of the apocalypse
Beckoning
me to join them on their midnight ride
Death,
pestilence, plague and war
They
were ready to ride into the sunset
Spreading
their hate with them
As
they led the world to its foretold doom
The
end days were approaching they told me
And
their time was near
I
begged them to hold off
To
give us more time
To
work things out
They
laughed and said
Time
waits for no one
We
have a divine plan to work out
You
have been warned before
And
will be warned again and again
But
soon it will be time
And
we must do our duty
To
bring an end to this benighted world
And
fulfill our destiny
And
yours
But
for now
We
will let you sleep
And
let you prepare yourself
For
the time is near
The
end of the world is coming
It
is later than you think
Soon
soon the antichrist will come
Uniting
the world
And
leading the battles too come
Before
the end of the world
And
mankind ceases to exist
Just
dust in the wind
Of a
dead planet
In a
forgotten corner of an uncaring universe
All
part of God’s plan
Jake Aller
John (“Jake”) Cosmos Aller is a novelist,
poet, and former Foreign Service officer having served 27 years with the U.S.
State Department in ten countries - Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada,
Korea, India, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent, Spain, and Thailand. and traveled
to 45 countries during his career. Jake has been an aspiring novelist for
several years and has completed three novels, (Giant Nazi Spiders, the Great
Divorce, and Jurassic Cruise) and is pursuing publication. He has been writing
poetry all his life and has published his poetry in electronic poetry forums,
including All Poetry, Moon Café, and Duane’s Poetree and literary
magazines. He is looking forward to transitioning to his third
career – full-time novelist and poet after completing his second career as a
Foreign Service officer, and his first career as an educator overseas for six
years upon completion of his Peace Corps service in South Korea.
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