Denouement - 1920 Poem by Cole S

Hand in hand on the dimming horizon;
Consumed by the thought of tomorrow … tomorrow?
Two shells treading in the thickening sand -
Stressing about all the time we borrow

skies blacken
trees wilt
waters dry

The clock ticks impatiently in shorter intervals;
The harbinger of death beckons louder … louder?
Two shells succumbing to their endless voids -
Yearning for each other to fill what was lost

Sounds deafen
Colors mute
Love lost

The earth shifts and the flames burn;
The blood runs cold on the cross … cross?
Two shells wanting love as man and man -
Begging to be spared from ‘God's' will

memories fade
feelings disappear
worlds end.