What went wrong....

A sheen less moon,
weeps silently as she watches
over the red rivers that swallow
the Earth whole
wondering, what went wrong…
How did this happen…

The sun from a distance,
frowns as he watches the plight,
as the last bits of life,
crumble and fall.
He wonders what went wrong…
How did this happen…

The stars try to twinkle
and look in vain towards the earth
to see a speck of it’s former life
but are looked back at, by Death.
And they wonder what went wrong…
How did this happen…

They had all been witnesses,
to how Destruction, had unfurled his wings
and made their Earth burn, hell like.
But yet, now as they join
the funeral procession, they wonder…
What went wrong…
How did this happen…
~Maithili Desai