THE VIRUS

FOR EONS IT'S BEEN BEFORE US, AND HARMLESS THOUGH IT SEEMED

'TIS A PLAGUE UPON THE EARTH, LIKE NONE OTHER EVER SEEN

MULTIPLYING, EVER SPREADING, UNCHECKED AND UNCONTROLLED

PRAY THAT GOD WILL SAVE US, FROM WHAT TERROR WILL UNFOLD

IT EDGES SLOWLEY EVER FOWARD, DESTRUCTION IN IT'S PATH

IT MAY BE ARMAGEDDON, OR THE WARNING OF IT'S WRATH

THE STRAINS THERE ARE MANY, DIFFERENT YET ALL THE SAME

ALL COMPETING TO INFECT, MINDLESS WITHOUT SHAME

A TOXIC OOZING WASTE, IT SPREADS, IT MAIMS, IT KILLS

NO VACCINE OR MIRACLE DRUG, TO PROTECT THE SPACE IT FILLS

WE ALL KNOW OF THIS VIRUS, WE JUST LOOK AROUND AND SEE

THIS CANCER, RELENTLESS AS IT IS, IS NOTHING MORE THAN WE

WE DEPLETE AND WE DESTROY, TO MEET OUR GROWING NEEDS

THE TREES, THE WATER, THE ANIMALS, THE VERE AIR WE BREATHE

OUR WORLD WE ARE CONSUMING, BY OVER POPULATION

LEAVING PESTILENCE AND POLLUTION, FOR COMING GENERATIONS

OVERCROWDING, GREED AND POWER, COMPETING FOR OTHER'S SPACE

ALL WITH FRIGHTFUL WEAPONS, THAT CAN DESTROY THIS PLACE

I FEAR NOT FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR THE LOVED I'LL LEAVE BEHIND

THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO BEAR THE PAIN, WHEN THE END COMES TO MANKIND...............