Bird of the Apocalypse (Sort of personal, part fiction)

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Every night, safe in bed

While the world is slowly dying

A wondrous escapism fills my head

And stationary, I dream of flying.


As clouds sag with toxic dust 

And humanity dwindles and hollows

I am stirred by the smallest gust 

To imagine myself among the swallows


Earth cultivates a man-made dystopia

And people forget to love

The world grows sick as I grow older

But remains unnoticed by the sky above


Billions have died, and the thousands left will

Our planet is smothered in the dying

But I look up to the skies, and still -

On the ground, I dream of flying.

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