They say the end is near…
that the world as we know it
lies doomed to a destruction
we could have prevented
if we had paid attention
if we had listened
if we had cared.
The signs are all around us…
people dying in the streets
because they have nowhere to go
who we could have helped
if we had been less selfish
if we had wanted to
if we had cared.
Fire engulfs the world…
burning the forests
killing the wildlife
preventable destruction
if we had noticed
if we had planned
if we had cared.
When the end times come,
I will embrace the fire
as it destroys my world
and—never looking back—
I’ll fly away,
smoke in the wind...
and wish I’d cared.
first published as part of the monthly Ladies of Horror Flash Project