For the Moment? Renaissance!

• Artist: pax alauda
• Description: I have a deep and abiding love for dystopian themes. I am also a bit of a misanthropist. This poem reflects both.
• Date: 10/22/2011
• Tags: moment renaissance

I wish it were happening now
The whistling and inevitable crashing
Like thunder and lightning!
I want to see the sky full of lights
I want to watch the world burn
And then the calm would sweep over
Silence would fall
And in the quiet – shh!
There
Under the rubble – like an empire of dust and stone – they would scrabble
Like roaches under a bright light
Only a degree less shameful
But a degree better than before
And the fire would cease to burn
And the noises would return
And life would install itself into the deepest reaches of loneliness
I wish it were happening now

Comments

[XxMissBellaxX]

I like how your poem has a clear rhythm to it, that’s something I don’t always achieve in my poems, so good job. Also the part is brilliant
“Under the rubble – like an empire of dust and stone – they would scrabble
Like roaches under a bright light
Only a degree less shameful”