ARMAGEDDON

centuries of hatred
forged upon this good earth
where good men
have been slain to rest
upon our shadows
we cut away mortality
in the fading light of nirvana
we fail to succeed

what god has created
as men we must fulfill
yet every acre of land
has been tainted red
four million years
we draw to live
to purge the entire
sins of our hands

for it is us who will have to bid
a farewell that we have yet to speak
the ocean, the sky, the land and fire
maketh the things we all desire
weeping eyes make no streams dry
for it will be our dark
that will be the end of us

till then
men shall dance on deathless feet.

--suliyati berori