Decades pass like seconds-
Ever closer till we go,
Flowers wilt from acid rain-
How could you not know?
You taste sorrow on the wind-
Drifting past us, it may slow,
It's my turn to say goodbye,
Never colder will we grow.
And then, in a lightning flash,
You know they spoke the truth!
A brilliant mind, a dire warning,
But you ignored the youth.
A cinder party, a barren tree,
Another extinction unknown,
Blind behind gilded palace walls,
You can die there, all alone.