until there were None.

May 4, 2017 | Prose and Poetry

They were created for Greatness.
The divinity of mankind sheltered in their goodness
Every singular thought, each flowing emotion rooted from purity and good intention.

Yet Darkness descends upon those that were promised the Light
and Pandora’s box opened to fulfil the temptations of the night.
Insecurity was planted in their hearts,
the one seed of all evil they’d unknowingly sought.

And as they fought and plundered for all that was left,
the scent of tainted blood filled their unprotected nest.

The cradle broke
and fell to temptation
Mankind’s greatest cursed
to eternal damnation.

Time and time again, they chased the light
with inklings of goodness that gave way in the fight.
Until Time could not bear
to see their transgressions
and collapsed on the whole of mankind
on their corrupted self-obsessions.

The blood-mist cleared
to the bodies of the condemned
where Darkness had swayed Time itself
for the purest of good men

until there were
None.

2 Comments

  1. Anisha

    Beautifully written…loved the end!

    Reply

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related Articles

Related

the Creator.

A universe sits at the tips of my fingers –waiting to be penned into existence. The blank page before me sings out fromthe endless lines,the infinite possibilities,the worlds waiting to be breathed into life. Characters hold their breath as their eyes follow the...

read more

The Smoke

Spencer’s hooded brown eyes skirted uneasily along the lengths of the crowded living room as beads of sweat begun to form on his balding forehead. He wanted to pretend he hadn’t noticed the sign at the entrance to the premises that had explicitly forbidden the one...

read more

come home, darling

i dream you are out there – some/wherefloating in the etheras lost as i buttowards meyou’d wander we’d find each other by the tips of ourstarkissed fingersand the universe would shatterthe Gods would weep i would touch your broken piecescut myself on the rough edges...

read more

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This