– It's only natural variations, he choked, – nothing but NATURAL VARIATIONS       Ragnarok Fog is drifting in from the sea The harbor drowns in water from the sea Just a few people walk around here tonight People don’t come here anymore Not even in the morning light They huddle in their damp houses Shivering in this hot summer night Empty stomachs empty minds cry with hunger Soldiers hungry for something patrol empty streets The Storm, long time in coming, is on its way Ragnarok has arrived Human insanity has fucked with The Earth For ten thousand years Forces of nature have gathered for retaliation The Midgard Serpent is crawling across the land Surtur - The Fire Demon - burns the air Boils the sea, makes water pour from the sky The Fenris Wolf is running Its wide open mouth spitting out fire Crushing dry skulls under its heavy paws Scattered survivors emerge Just a few out of billions Scared, confused, but not afraid anymore They are alive They will not cling to the world of the dead The world has cleansed itself Ragnarok is the past No more will people grow up and live like ants In tall life-shattering anthills Once more humanity can be what we are meant to be       From Collected Poems       Return to Thunder Road main page Return to Midnight Fire Media main page Return to Firewind main page       Images, text, music, art and web design Copyright Amos Keppler