How the curtains will fall

The foundations of our

Civilization will crumble

Falling to sounds of screams

And people crying

The skies will crash

Flashing with lightning

Causing air particles 

To vibrate and rumble

Ah, how the thunder roars

Church bells will fall

While the preachers are crying

'Dear Lord do not forsake us all'

The little girl cries as she

Clings to her parents

Her brother now missing

'Why isn't he here?'

She cries in her head

Squeezing her teddy's stump

As she tries to hold on to 

The last thing he said

But she can't remember

As her father rises

She holds to him quickly

Eyes begging him not to go

'Don't worry honey, 

I'll be back soon. I'm going

To look out the door'

He kneels to look in her eyes

Squeezing her tiny had tight

And a reassuring look to his wife

Screams of horror fill the night

Footsteps pounding pavement

As the people still out

Run for their lives

One man falls back

His cries for help go unanswered

He falls to the ground and watches

Their backs as his persuers

Come quickly behind him

His eyes catch movement in

One of the windows above him

He spies a little boy watching

He held that childs eyes

While he cried and cried

Pleading for the boy to look away

And he was captured he didn't

Even fight to weak to care

Or maybe he gave up

But then that boy did walk away

'Dear God I beg of you

To keep my child safe,

I know I don't deserve it but

I ask for forgiveness for all of my mistakes,

I don't care if I die but please,

Please keep my son alive'

A woman prays

Her son watches from another room

Angry and disgusted

Because she said she didn't believe

She was an atheist before

But now she prays

Because everything's gone to hell

Funny how people change in times of need

Though he wasn't laughing

From the rooftop she watches

The quiet streets before

Now turn into a bathtub

For blood and gore

'How the people change'

She says

Sadness in her eyes

'It's too late now, they stopped being human long ago,

When their wants succeeded needs

They got greedy, though it's not their fault

But they did nothing to avoid this'

Her partner says from behind her

'That's not fair,

No one asked for this you know,

There was just no other world they knew'

She defended

'You speak as if we aren't one of them also.

As if none of us ever had a choice or

The ability to change

We have as much to suffer for as they do'

Her lover countered

As she reorganized their bags to leave

Out in the countryside they watched

As the city was set ablaze

A modern day Sodom and Gomorrah

Speechless and shocked

They didn't notice they were being approached from behind

Screams rose out as they were slaughtered like swine

'Hold on mom just a little while longer'

He said hoping that he was right

His mother, she'd been injured

Trying to save her dogs life

But she won but the lion

Got the last laugh in this round

They were up in the mountains

Far from anyone

They silently prayed they'd find help in time

When they drove over the ridge

They couldn't believe their eyes

The small town engulfed in flames

So far gone no could survive

They watched in silent horror

As the orange tendrils filled the sky

And somewhere out in the distance

A wolf's howl sounded

His mother was asleep in the back seat

As he drove to the state border

He watched the stars shimmer

And quietly the son said to himself

'How the curtains will fall'

For the world had ended without a sound

Listening as the prayers flooded in

Watching the many scenarios

It saddened Him so

Such misery and agony and fear

He grieved for them all.

His love knew no bounds. 

Author's Note

Uh.. I like the beginning.. it really kind of spiraled out of control and kept going after the first stanza however I'm satisfied with it.