{"sf1_id":334036,"sf2_id":"bebppDan","title":"Poem #7: Destruction Cries","author":"bhscorch1313","words":153,"posted_at":"2012-02-03T04:30:00.000Z","tags":["Death","Poetry"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/334036-poem-7-destruction-cries","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/bebppDan","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/c0/52/c0525d33-32b1-4d2d-ae63-ad528df8f099","description":"#7 of Poetry\n\nThis poem is one of my earlier works, about how the world can turn out to be its own downfall.","content":"_Destruction Cries_\n\nThe sky calls   \nIt chokes it sputters:   \nLives fall   \nThe ground it shutters.   \nAnd destruction cries,   \n\"The world is mine.\"\n\nThe ground it shakes   \nThe earth it splits;   \nIt shatters and quakes   \nThe pieces tip.   \nAnd destruction cries,   \n\"The world is mine.\"\n\nHope, it spins   \nIts foundation cracked.   \nDeath, it wins.   \nFate is black.   \nAnd destruction cries,   \n\"The world has lied.\"\n\nEarth, wind and fire   \nThunder, water and ice.   \nThe elements are dire   \nDeath will suffice.   \nAnd destruction cries,   \n\"The world has tried.\"\n\nThis life, it fails   \nIt is replaced by nothing;   \nHope, it bails   \nThe world is suffering.\n\nWhen life decides to leave,   \nDeath haunts our dreams.   \nThere is nothing more to believe;   \nThe entire world, it screams.   \nBecause destruction cries,   \n\"Hope has been lying.\"   \nBecause destruction cries   \n\"The world is dying.\"\n\n~bhscorch\n\n[![Creative Commons License](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nd/3.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/)  \n\"Destruction Cries\" by bhscorch is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/)\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/334029-poem-6-cycle.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/334041-poem-8-ruin.json"}}