we live as if
we were immune
to extinction
though evidence indicates
the opposite to be true
with traces of all those
who came before
trilobites
dinosaurs
cavemen
bones lying buried
beneath our feet
and when our end comes
will it be like the beginning
with a bang
or perhaps a plague
or pestilence
will wipe our slate clean
will a quartet of horsemen
be involved
in any way
or will we just dwindle down
leaving
one at a time
perhaps starved of light
as our sun grows cold
and when time has passed
and we too lie buried
deep below the surface
will we be diamonds
will we be the fuel
that propels our
replacements
toward their own
doom
