Prophecy

I see fire and brimstone,
Sulfuric rains, maggots feeding
on decaying brains. Propaganda wed to lore,
flags waving combatants to war;
death, destruction, woe to all,
ancient and modern cities fall,
civilizations coming to a crawl,
such be the handwriting on the wall:

MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

Death is the stalker, Life's its prey,
flesh and bones melting away,
darkness and terror hold the sun at bay,
I see destruction as never before,
ongoing calamity at a nation's door;
millions enslaved and killed,
an ocean of blood spilled,
leaders refusing to read the scrawl,
that is written on the wall:

MEME, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

The skies rain buckets of blood,
bodies stacked high, paddy-caked in mud,
trenches overtaxed with pyramids of heads -
decapitated beings, life dregs.

Ethic and morals left unattended,
institutions, infrastructures, abandoned,
germ warfare, suffocating air,
polluted water a daily fare.
Contaminated food supplies,
unheeded infants' cries,
law and order disregarded,
freedom, justice disrespected,
distrust overlapping loyalty;
I see the end of humanity.
Together we stand, divided we fall,
I've revealed the fingered scrawl ,
that is written on the wall:

MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.