Humanicide

The dawn of man gives way to dusk
Our golden age now left to rust
Unnoticed by those we've left behind

And for how far we have come
There's progress to be undone
Opportunities to cast aside

Ashes give rise to fleeting existence
An empire becomes a prison
The reign of man a flickering light

The gift of life so freely given
Death prophesied as no one listened
Our own shadow blotting out our skies

As all look on, the horizon will fade
Poised to swallow a world gone to waste
By this hunger, our kind is erased
And those to come are, for a moment, sustained

As all look on, the ground will give way
Poised to crumble from beneath the world's weight
By this weakness, our path leads astray
And those who follow are led to their grave

Worlds left
Empty
Marred by the tracks of all who wandered too far
Gods left
Hungry
Our prayers turned to doubts, our flesh to a scar

Turning their teeth on one another
As our belief
Gives way to wonder

Turning their teeth on one another
As our belief
Gives way to wonder

Worlds left empty
Memories soon lost to time
Worlds left empty
With none to replace our kind