In A Apocalyptic Post Covid-19 World (Villanelle) Poem by Gert Strydom

(in answer to Edgar Allan Poe)

While time is no more
and death silently goes through the land
I stand on a surf-less shore

see all destroyed that I do adore,
every living thing is turning to sand
while time is no more.

The world is changed from how it was before,
amid an eternal silence I stand,
I stand on a surf-less shore.

My God, what has dammed man forevermore?
This is not a dream and I do not understand,
while time is no more,

a virus has brought death and gore,
while in vain trying to lead you by the hand
I stand on a surf-less shore

where all water is gone and no waves roar,
with destroyed dreams alone nothing is as I have planned,
while time is no more
I stand on a surf-less shore.

[Reference: "A dream within a dream" by Edgar Allan Poe.]
© Gert Strydom