The World is Ending

A poem about the last day.

Everything is still

No wind

No sounds

Stillness.

Roads are empty

Stores are vacant

Schools are closed

It's like every soul

Knew what was 

Going to happen

Moved to my feet

I stand

On the balcony

Staring

At the city below

The city 

That never sleeps

Seems

To be taking a nap

Off

In the distance

I see a bright light

Rising

On the horizon

It looks like

The sun

But that's impossible

My condo faces

The west

The light rises

Faster than the sun

But so bright

And so hot

I almost believe 

That it is

The world starts

To shake

When the light

Reaches mid sky

Loud cracks

And screams

Erupt

The shake

Is so powerful

Buildings collapse

People run below

The city

That never sleeps

Is having a nightmare

I'm too shocked 

To move

All I can do

Is stare

At the terror

Below

The world

Is ending

The Mayans

Were right after all

My demise

Was anything but

Painless

I was dizzy

I might have 

Been crushed

I might have 

Been burned

Who knows?

The world has

Ended

That's 

All I know

The city

That never sleeps

Has died

Author's Note

Wrote on the spot, nothing special. Thanks for reading. :)

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A interesting poem. We had three doom days this month. I believe mankind will go slow and badly. Like a bad Mad Max movie. Good thoughts on a interesting topic. The hurricane on the East Coast show the weakness of man and what nature can do to great cities. I saw New Orleans after the hurricane. The city was dead and empty. Thank you for sharing the very good poem.
Coyote

[Asilem]

Thank you for your review. :)

[rnuff]

Wow, depth and an intriguing write, Love it.
Love that last stanza. Awesome!

[Asilem]

:D Thank you for the compliment and thank you for the review. :)

[fiery-san]

Simple and descriptive and the flow was done so well that it was easy to read. My favorite line was:

The city
That never sleeps
Is having a nightmare

I don't know why but it really caught me...
Also, I heard you won the Mayan Gods Award in the contest Mayan 2012 apocalypse...congratulations. You made a really apocalyptic poem. ^_^

[Asilem]

THANK YOU!

I heard about the contest and I just wrote it... :) Thanks for reviewing.