{"sf1_id":1069549,"sf2_id":"4nAx45Gm","title":"The end-thing...","author":"Jiblits","words":320,"posted_at":"2016-09-09T04:13:00.000Z","tags":["Poem","Short Story","slice of life","survival"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1069549-the-end-thing","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/4nAx45Gm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/54/46/544628b3-d416-4552-9872-9f06d5ad511b","description":"Written listening to - X Ambassadors (feat. Jamie N Commons)","content":"The end-thing...\n\n  \n\nBe gone the wrong, right is too far away\nThe night fell heavier than needed, I won't see\u0026nbsp;tomorrow's day\n\n  \n\nSavages aren't seeming different from the survivors I knew\n\nAs they carried on, humanity with insanity simply grew\n\n  \n\nThe light doesn't shine anymore, only shows what'll soon be shadows hidden no more\n\nMy body aches, my mind broken, my existence is nothing but sore\n\n  \n\nAs if anyone can hear when my eyes tear\n\nI scream silently among the rubble of memories so sweet\n\nI buckle at thoughts so pure, they seem above as I grovel at the futures feet\n\n  \n\nI'm gone, the shell that's been through hell carries on for some reason\n\nMy withered being dares no second thought to doing it treason\n\n  \n\nI stagger among the still \u0026 filth that was something to admire\n\nI stay breathing long after I wished I would simply expire\n\n  \n\nAggravation my friend, I've forgotten how to smile\n\nI simply forgot the feeling, it's been a while...\n\n  \n\nI don't need explanation, I just accept I won't understand\n\nTo simply be now has only one demand...\n\n  \n\nKeep on, remember those who gave you such a chance\n\nWhen you think you found someone trusting.....take that feeling, \u0026 swing at its first glance...\n\n  \n\nBreak what you need to, to stay\n\nLet their tired eyes rest among the gray, let them find peace \u0026 fade away...\n\n  \n\nYou're no saint, but speak strong with each action\n\nFor yesterday's troubles, find in today, some kind of satisfaction...\n\n  \n\nSee you soon...first...before you catch my stare\n\nRemember, I do what I need to because I care...\n\n  \n\nNow take your final breath\n\nGive nothing but time, in my place, to death...\n\n  \n\n\"Survival, to exist, to move still\n\nThat's all I am, struggling warmth, the messenger before another's last chill\"\n\n  \n\n  \n\n---Thanks for reading---\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; ---Always---\n  \n  \n\n"}