Alone with the Myths in the New Fade, Part 9

an apocalypse is a definitive split

it is meant to symbolize an ending
but what it really means
is a new beginning

in the old days
it was fairly well
clear-cut

but in the New Fade
we've experienced a shift

we've become obsessed
with apocalypse

apocalypse is a religious
designation

or at least
it was

now and perhaps forevermore
it has been adopted
to suit secular needs

it is the last thing we all believe in

last century was a litany
of apocalypse
and the embarrassing thing is
we survived

and now we don't know what
to do with ourselves

we don't believe anything
and we don't try to hide this
and those who do
are living on reverb

it is the apocalypse already
and we are all living it
and now we see how badly
the lines were blurred

the New Fade is the apocalypse

it is the moment in which we are all
alone with the myths
forced to confront
all the vicious truths
that we have tried our best
to hide from
a moldy piece of fruit
someone else was supposed to eat
but never did
and so it festers
and we fester
and we all wonder
what went wrong
and why we're so perfect
and why we have to far to go
and if we still have a chance to get there

we've convinced ourselves
of our perfection
and that's when you know
that we've reached the apocalypse

apocalypse is the face in the mirror
apocalypse is the ground beneath your feet
apocalypse is the music of cacophony
apocalypse is the sensation of balance
apocalypse is the evaluation of everything
apocalypse is the encyclopedia of the world
apocalypse is the dance with no steps
apocalypse is the god of chaos
apocalypse is a warm puppy
apocalypse is happiness for no reason
apocalypse is nirvana
apocalypse is a thousand words with no meaning
apocalypse is a pantheon of pandemonium
apocalypse is cleverness & innovation

this is the way the world ends
not with a bang, but a whimper

but you already knew that