Destruction

This is an older piece that I wrote back in 2011, but I revised it a little. This is the result.

Everything is falling,

Crashing,

Breaking.

From riches to ruins in a matter of seconds.

No force can stop it.

And then,

 When all seems lost, a miracle.

A patch in the deck of a sinking ship.

A gulp of air for strangled lungs.
A spark to ignite the fire.
It seems things are looking up.
Suddenly however, it stops.

The goodness is gone, destroyed.
It was all a sickeningly sweet nightmare. 

All hope of salvation is lost.
Simply ripped away.

Ripped from the clutches of the desperate and begging. 

And everything is falling, 

Crashing, 

Breaking...