Lost Humanity

 

All there is now is wasteland

With a few pockets of humanity

Humanity may be too strong a word

There are a few thousand of us left

But I haven’t seen humanity in anyone

Not for decades

When most of us died, a lot died with us

Compassion, empathy, warmth

The air and water turned to poison

Some had the means to build defenses

Complex air filtration systems

Self-contained water reclamation

Domes went up over a few communities

Soon the soil outside became toxic

Nothing would grow outside the domes

Those outsiders that didn’t die coughing blood

Began to starve before long

Those of us inside watched

Let them die slow horrible deaths

But the environment inside was fragile

It could only support so many

Could only feed so many

Could only house so many

To keep our community alive

We had to leave our souls behind

Now emotionless survivors are all that remain

Now we are truly lost.