Vast But Desolate

The dawn breaks

From this peaceful sleep,

I awake

I breathe the air

Enjoy the beauty of life

Without despair

The joy I feel,

To be alive

Just seems to unreal

I make my way out

To face the world,

To start this day

But something seems so wrong

Where has everyone gone?

There are no signs of life

Did they all just die?

Why did they

Just leave me here

To live with this misery?

I look around

Is there one soul

Left to be found?

My growing fear is

That there really is

No one here

Whispers heard all around me

But speak not a word

It has to be

All in my head

Or is this all a dream?

The memory of the past

Continues to haunt me

Playing tricks with my mind

Only one cure

For this disease

Searching for the bitter end

There's no reason to go on

And end to life

Just seems right

To join the others

Who have died

A land so vast

Now desolate at last