You Lived to See

do you see
these dark grey clouds 
gloomy, ghostly
blacking out the sky 

could it be? would it be? 

do you hear the thunder growl
rumbling, grumbling
menacingly 

could it be? would it be? 

do you feel the wind arise 
steadily, relentlessly 
growing to a storm 

could it be? 

do you see the lightning strike 
blinding
powerful
destructive

do you hear the quiet 
that eerie tranquillity 
that suddenly emerged

may it be? (the reckoning)

do you feel the fear and tension 
loading up in the air
growing every moment 
into fright and angst

it must be (the reckoning)

earth is trembling
so are we 
afraid to see
   the reckoning 

stone-still, still shaking 
we pause, we freeze
standing, starring
convinced to see 
   the reckoning 

don't you hear their trumpets'
sound
a battle cry of the divine 

don't you feel it in your bones
your veins 
your soul 

the reckoning 
the reckoning 

the time has come 
and won't come back 
now it's here
and it won't leave 
(not without you, not without me)

now you know 
you lived to see
but won't live out 

the reckoning

Thea, Germany.