Poetry
WHEN THE STARS HAVE FALLEN IN
When all the grass is ghostly white
And all the flora dead;
When the world is lost in eternal night
And the moon a bloody red—
When the insects lie like a carpet black
And cats and dogs rot in the street;
When the Earth is ruined all to cracks
And baked in atomic heat—
When the planets collide and break apart
And spin on as astral dust;
When the sun goes cold out from its heart
And dies as all things must—
When all the stars have fallen in
And light reaches us no more;
When the galaxy begins to boil within
And collapses out from its core—
When eternity has broken down
And the universe is finished;
We shall reside in the angel’s town
And our love shan’t be diminished—
When all the rest have burned or drowned
Our love shan’t be diminished.