When, when was the light extinguished

when was this time of recompense, I say

initiated, this deed of unknown origin

long did we forage in the glens of happiness

long did we glut, never shunning the excesses

we deemed those forays as successes

not alternatives with potential consequences

could our sightless minds not envision

now fear has reared its ugly head 

reality approached, then immediately arrived

no more shall we thrive in the land

of milk and honey

lest our dues be paid 'til the pain is great

this was not fait

it was not willed to us by higher authority

our lust for excesses contrived the plan

unwittingly we sprung the consequences

upon ourselves

barring access to survey the future

through our failure to learn from the past

greed, lust, cavalier philosophies of men

securing their own demise

laugh now we all

no, no, no, I say no

for now we pay

fools all, immensely, calculatingly unwise