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I’ll Fly Away… 
by Rie Sheridan Rose 

They say the end is near…

that the world as we know it

lies doomed to a destruction

we could have prevented

if we had paid attention

if we had listened

if we had cared.

.

The signs are all around us…

people dying in the streets

because they have nowhere to go

who we could have helped

if we had been less selfish

if we had wanted to

if we had cared.

.

Fire engulfs the world…

burning the forests

killing the wildlife

preventable destruction

if we had noticed

if we had planned

if we had cared.

.

When the end times come,

I will embrace the fire

as it destroys my world

and—never looking back—

I’ll fly away,

smoke in the wind…

and wish I’d cared.

.

Fiction © Copyright Rie Sheridan Rose
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com

More from Author Rie Sheridan Rose:

Overheard in Hell:
Dark Poetry

Poems exploring hell and damnation. Tales of sorrow, vengeance, betrayal, and redemption. Ghosts, ghouls, and demons stalk these pages. Don’t read in a lonely house…in a darkened room by a single candle…

…unless you like the touch of an icy finger up your spine.

Available on Amazon!