Matthew has just turned 18 and we start off looking into his normal life like any other person but things slowly take a turn for the worse when news reports start flying left and right reporting on how the end has finally come to humanity and everything we hold well and dear to our hearts would be ripped from our lifes. Global warming finally takes it's toll causing massive heat waves, rising water levels, harsher colds, and mass starvation around the world. Matthew will learn what it truly means to love and survive in this new world that suddenly rips everything apart.

These poems are a manifestation of the darkness that taints my mind, body, and soul. They are the voice of the pieces of me that silently cry out in abject misery, the screams that echo throughout my mind, and the release of the loneliness, fear, and pain that builds up inside me every moment of my existence. When life becomes too much for me to handle, and I feel like I just can't go on, letting it all out in verse seems to help me cope. *Trigger Warning* Please take this warning to heart. The poems herein are graphic and may be unsettling or even obscene to some. I do not condone self harming or self hate. If you're feeling this way please reach out to someone you can trust. If you feel like you want to harm yourself and have no one to turn to, or feel like friends and family are unable to help you properly, please seek a medical professional.