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When The World Ends

Not when clouds turn grey

Nor when the wind ceases to howl

 

Not when the ground shakes

Nor the earth rumbles

 

Not even when mountains erupt

Or when the forest sunders

 

Only when

 

Souls tear apart

With a sound that makes even the mightiest ones shudder

 

When your mind breaks

And you give in to despair

Like pillars of cement

Coming down to the abyss

 

Only When

 

You seek solace in cigarettes

Or see a better life by the bottle

 

Does the world end

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xilhouette
Filipino
Published
Mar 6, 2019
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