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Jun 2017
I emerge from the bunker
To witness the apocalypse
Sand whips my face
Spurned ever onward
By the upcoming upheaval
A grain catches my eye
Causing the first tear to fall
To the ground of the once beautiful
Earth
As she trembles and fractures
Beneath the feet of her last son

Lightning caressed the horizon
A foretelling of the destruction eminent
That has painted the sky blood red
Unfamiliar to the familiar yellow warmth
Which has seen the rise of life
Rise of man
Death of man
The end of me
This realization brought me down
Connecting to my home one last time
On my knees the tears flowed
Instantly evaporating as the heat grew

The red giant was menacing in its rise
Boiling the sand with its rays
Creating centrifugal molten waves
Racing to claim my last day
I screamed as my skin began to boil
Hair catching flame
My last thought being a memory of green
Rolling hills from my childhood
Until the world went black
I saw stars
They were so beautiful...
...
...
BANG!
...
...
It was over
The supernova ripped me and my home
To stardust
PERTINAX
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PERTINAX  35/M/Tennessee
(35/M/Tennessee)   
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