{"sf1_id":202959,"sf2_id":"deP4DaQe","title":"End of the line","author":"Tunuko","words":258,"posted_at":"2010-12-15T19:50:00.000Z","tags":["Atomic","End of the World","Holocaust","Other","bomb","nuclear"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/202959-end-of-the-line","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/deP4DaQe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/04/35/043521e9-8583-4369-91b9-5957b0a6e9ed","description":"","content":"End of the line  \n  \nI sit watching the set with my wife and my child,  \nUnbeknown to us the world should go wild.  \nWith no real warning and little time,  \nEmergency broadcast - End of the line.  \nSoon all of our dreams and all our desires  \nWill be consumed in our warfare's fires.  \n  \nSaturday afternoon, the clock struck one.  \nHere it comes, they're dropping the bomb.  \nMy child grabbed my hand, my wife kissed my lips  \nIgnorantly forgetting how their skin will hiss  \nAnd how it will bubble and burn away  \nIn this holocaust, I cry in dismay.  \n  \nSeconds away was the bang and the flash,  \nLife as we know it will be reduced to ash.  \nEverything on the planet soon shall rumble,  \nStreams dry out, trees burn, buildings crumble.  \nAs the bomb fell from the sky and smashed to the ground  \nMy daughter stood calmly, not making a sound.  \n  \nHow could she stand there, smile on her face?  \nThe world as we know it will be barren wastes.  \n\"Don't worry baby, everything will be fine.\"  \n\"No it won't Daddy, it's end of the line.\"  \n\"Hold me tight, we'll be in heaven you'll see.\"  \n\"No Daddy, you can't believe what you see on T.V\"\n\n\u0026nbsp; The fire rushed forward killing all in its way  \nThis is the end, here and today.  \nI feel my daughter tug on my hand  \nAs we stare at the destruction across the land.  \nI looked at my daughter tears in my eyes.  \nShe just smiled at me, and whispered \"Goodbye...\"  \n  \n- D.Ashford  \n\u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\n"}