# Saving Earth

Author: ShingetsuMoon
Tags: Aliens, Poem, Poetry, Sci-Fi, earth, invasion

#20 of National Poetry Writing Month

ALIENS. Because why not? Not entirely pleased with how this one turned out but with 30 poems in 30 days you can't expect a winner every time right?

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Movies.   
 Books.  
 TV shows.   
 Video games.  
 Stories upon stories.

The aliens come.  
 Mankind is decimated.  
 Mankind makes a stand.  
 Earth is defended.

But stories aren't reality.  
 Fiction isn't real.  
 Dreams do not come true  
 and there are no more hero's.

Where were the armies  
 when their bombs leveled   
 city after city?

Where was that grand defense  
 we were promised?

Where was our aid when the  
 power cut off leaving us in darkness?

Where was the hero who survives  
 until the end to take out the alien's  
 and free earth once and for all?

Movies always show the world  
 uniting as one to save the day.

They don't show them bickering   
 like children while the innocent  
 starve and fight like animals.

They don't show the politicians  
 abandoning their people to save   
 themselves.

They don't show a broken government  
 falling to pieces in front of your eyes.

There is no help.  
 There are no hero's.  
 There is no final attempt.  
 There is no saving earth.

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/k1VBwRj1
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