Death's little game

I wake up and see, it's a usual day
But something intriguing seems to be at bay...
Upon the blue skies rises thunder
All the merry it was about to plunder.

Said a thick voice with utmost joy,
"All life I'm going to destroy"
"Run and come out of your hives,
for 'tis the last day of your lives!"

Frightened we were at that moment,
The world everywhere seemed frozen
Ate all we could and packed our things,
But realized there's nowhere to cling!

"This is all bogus!" we had a feeling in the heart,
But death wasn't someone you'd outsmart.
Dams broke, rivers flooded, houses collapsed
More people disappeared as time elapsed.

Trains broke down, so did buses and the cars,
Began coming down from the sky all stars.
"Save us, oh dear lord" we prayed all along,
But havoc didn't stop its song.

We were sorry for the mistakes we'd all done
Starving for the slow wind and the sun.
Came upon us the nightfall, but fires didn't light
And continued its way, the bloody blight!

Wanted it to go back to sleep,
This storm that caused death in heaps.
Wish they could lower down, these painful screams,
And this could be a nightmare, just a bad dream...

Thankfully it turned out I was right,
I just had had a rough night.
But was is just a dream or a warning sign?
Are we really running out of precious time?

-Chinmayee Kulkarni