Mother Nature's Sigh

I never thought the world would end

with a single, simple sigh.

Mother Nature coughed and then

she breathed her last

and died --

the big bang from the other side

perhaps; and perhaps you’ll wonder why

I survived

and you as well to read this recollection.

I don’t suppose you’ve heard of Hell?

Or Limbo, or Perdition?

Or Purgatory

where you go when you are in transition

to see just where you’ll get your fit

and final benediction?

Well, then.

There you go.

And here then so am I.

All that’s left

of Earth’s last breath

and Mother Nature’s sigh.