The Beginning of the End

It came from the depths of Hell,
Rising and inhabiting the corpses.
Freshly dead ones only, strangely enough.
Loved ones came back, hungry and relentless.

At first no-one did a thing,
Fear and surprise stunned us all.
'Til the first living human died of a bite,
Then the crows began to sing.

We holed ourselves up in basements and schools,
Made weapons from scratch of old gard'ning tools.
Some left for other parts of Earth,
Just to escape this Hell-spawned birth.

We all lost family, friends, and hope.
Many took their own lives; unable to cope.
These undead spirits from beyond the graves,
Forced me to take refuge in an old bear's cave.

Lord Almighty, what the f**k have we done?
To walk, sleepless, forced to run?
Running from family, newly forgotten.
To save our own lives, however ill-gotten.

I've had to put to rest,
My wife and my kids,
And my parents still walk, shot in the chests.
Lord, please tell me what the f**k we did!

I hear one coming my way now.
Gotta go.

Reviews

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not when i'm listening to scary music along with this *shivers* damn you 28 days later! anyway awesome beginning! i loved the title! and people get mad when i say things are just starting! never ending hmmm maybe they felt horrible that it was indeed the end, oh well XD

[♥ Kinnixk]

this reminds me of left for dead. xD i really like it. It flows and gave great imagery.

[Alexa Tasch]

I love this! As you know I am a huge zombie loving freak and this was beautiful!! I found myself smiling by the third stanza. This was great it flows well and was well written

[Emerald Seas]

Putting a zombie apocalypse to poetry form. Interesting and well done!

[Daniel]

James brought me here ( Jamillet ) Wow, this really does kick a*s. :)

[that-little-green-monst..]

Great imagery and a really strong opening chapter of your book. It's really got me on the edge of my seat and excited to read more!

[Layla J Omorose]

I liked it, though to me the way it appears seems more like a poem format than that of a story. But then again I feel as if I just read a journal entry of the character.

[MoriartyMesa]

The smell of musky wood comes to mind in the first few lines.

[mariah]

...wow, just beautiful, amazing discriptions. it made me picture it like a movie, playing out all the scences in my head. as i read this, all my senses played a part, like i was actually there. great work, no fantastic work. :)
-mariah

[Mockingbird]

i picture a scene out of a zombie film. great imagery.

[Deandra Dawn]

Awesome! Absolutely loved it!