The Day the World Died

We heard it from a friend

That the world had come to an end

It happened one night

On the other side of the world

We didn't believe it at first

We didn't know what to think

We only wanted to go back home

To escape our sense of helplessness

The students came in growing numbers

Meetings were being held

Strange students gathered beneath our doorway

And painted hate slogans on the walls outside

By nightfall we put up the barricades

Over our windows

And double locked the doors

Shouts could be heard

Windows breaking

Stones pelting the walls

All that I had done

All that I worked for

All that I had planned

Had suddenly come to an end

In a single explosion

The world ended that day

And didn't start again

For another week