Imagining the End of the World

I saw the four horsemen of the apocalypse
Beckoning me to join them on their midnight ride
Death, pestilence, plague and war
 
They were ready to ride into the sunset
Spreading their hate with them
 
As they led the world to its foretold doom
The end days were approaching they told me
And their time was near
 
I begged them to hold off
To give us more time
To work things out
 
They laughed and said
Time waits for no one
 
We have a divine plan to work out
You have been warned before
And will be warned again and again
 
But soon it will be time
And we must do our duty
 
To bring an end to this benighted world
And fulfill our destiny
And yours
 
But for now
We will let you sleep
 
And let you prepare yourself
For the time is near
 
The end of the world is coming
It is later than you think
 
Soon soon the antichrist will come
Uniting the world
 
And leading the battles too come
Before the end of the world
 
 
And mankind ceases to exist
Just dust in the wind
 
Of a dead planet
In a forgotten corner of an uncaring universe
All part of God’s plan