Extinction

Extinction is a brainsick animal
It gorges, it consumes, it's one vast maw
A locked-open jaw, swallows in one gulp
A greed beyond survival
A black hole of devouring, extinction is

Extinction is a forgotten glacier
It melts, it shrinks, it's the tortoise at the finish line
Out of sight and out of mind, slow yet unceasing
An elephantine blind spot
Oblivion dangling in a single drop, extinction is

Extinction is the absence you'll never fill
It's endless, it's immutable, it's an echoing hall
the sands surrounding Ozymandias' pedestal, forgotten songs
Alphabets of redemption no one left can read
A mirror: empty, yet full of stunning clarity, extinction is