Cataclysmic Beauty

By Ozymandias

Watch the world fall apart,
Smile as the stars fall from the sky.
The end is always better than the start,
And so I bid this earth my final goodbye.

Blazing fires leave no trace of our existence on this land,
Followed by cataclysmic tidal waves to wipe the earth clean.
Earthquakes leave nothing to stand,
And roaring winds muffle the screams.
Our earth is left so desolate and bland,
It’s such a different picture than I’d dreamed. . .

Chains of purple lightning sweep across the sky so black,
My eyes get heavy and my vision blurs.
A bright flash strikes me, and I hear a gruesome crack,
I try yell in pain, but my mouth mutes my words.

Now lying on the molten ground, no pain is felt,
I watch a beautiful show of dazzling lights up so high.
Death draws his hand near, and takes back the cards he once dealt.
I close my eyes once and for all, and release my soul with one long relieving sigh

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© 2006 Ozymandias726
Published on Wednesday, May 17, 2006.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • ShardsofSilence On Tuesday, May 30, 2006, ShardsofSilence (222)By person wrote:

    "Death draws his hand near, and takes back the cards he once dealt." That's my favorite line. Kick ass job with this write. I love it

  • A former member wrote: wonderful imagery...very beautiful but sad, the type of beauty that makes you want to cry...great job ~Tamara

  • PassionateDarkDesire On Wednesday, May 17, 2006, PassionateDarkDesire (28)By person wrote:

    such beauty... destruction is beauty ( in my eyes)...I can see this all unfolding inside my mind. Truely....truley a wonderful write!

  • A former member wrote: "Chains of purple lightning sweep across the sky so black" very nice, your words seemed to have a type of power behind them. the images here were impressive. wonderful write.

  • Dissolving Poet On Wednesday, May 17, 2006, Dissolving Poet (564)By person wrote:

    God this was just wow this was incredible Justin you made my heart and mouth sigh words that cannot be spoken you write such beauty in your poetry I just get swept away on to a whole new plain of existence

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