We watch movies about the end of the world

Dystopian futures filled with crime and wars and void of humanity

We read books about EMPs and zombies and horrors unfurled

Corrupt politicians, extreme weather events and water scarcity

We escape from our lives by journeying with characters in worlds seemingly unknown

Watching their trials and cheering them on as they fight the battle against evil

We sit in our houses paying too much rent and disassociate from being alone

And try to forget that we live with disparity at its highest and things that are far from equal

What’s ironic about the situation we’re in is that although we think it’s all fiction

We actually have more in common with these protagonists than we think

We use this entertainment to disassociate from all of same affliction

Watching their worlds crumble helps us forget that ours is about to be extinct

Being awoken from this dream will take more than one generation

We are living in our nightmares and that is the revelation.