The Bible story tells the flood That cleansed a very sinful world And saved the barest minimum.
God sent a rainbow promise saying Water would not bring doom again And fire would bring the end next time.
Wars created conflagrations But the world survived, and evil grew.
Then forests burned across the planet Leaving desolation in their wake.
But the people found a way To build new castles on the ash And again the evil was let to grow.
A tiny germ that canβt be seen Did everything the fires could not; Bested blizzards and tornados, Seeped into the earthquake crack And learned to travel on the wind.
The Bible should have warned us It would be a fever, not a fire; That when those trumpets finally sound It will be to call the cleaning crew To come mop up what littleβs left ljm
Hard not to be pessamistic and refrain from going to church.