In a Blink, It Was Gone

In a blink, it was gone.
Beautiful paintings done in
Multiple shades of
Love, passion, and joy,
Shredded for use in something as
Temporarily satisfying as a
Ticker-tape parade.
Memories, now,
Strewn about senselessly;
Garbage in the streets.

In a blink, it was gone.
Like a stuffed bear taken from a child
Who's been told that
It's time to grow up;
Welcome to the real world.
And now we look back upon our
Stuffed toys and
Plastic people,
And realize that we have become them;
Meaningless.

In a blink, it was gone.
That one little piece of string that was
Holding that rope together,
That rope which we clung to for our lives,
Has finally snapped.
Finally, we understand what it is to be falling.
We wonder when we'll finally
Hit the bottom,
Yet we pray that it will never come;
The end.