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Earth’s Last Poem Before Silence

“Before you leave me, hear my final breath.”

By Fazal wahid Published 3 months ago 3 min read
The last poem

The wind carried a voice that night — soft, trembling, ancient. It was not a storm or a whisper through the dying trees. It was something older. Something sorrowful. The Earth was speaking for the last time.

In a world covered with rusted cities and silent seas, there were no birds to sing, no forests to echo her cry. Humanity had long since gone — leaving behind towers of glass and memories of progress. Yet, beneath the layers of dust and silence, the planet still had one story left to tell.

And so, she began her farewell — not in words spoken aloud, but in a poem written with her soul

🌍 Earth’s Poem

> “I was once your cradle, your mother of green,
Your rivers fed you, your skies kept you clean.
You danced in my sunlight, you slept in my rain,
But forgot my heart feels sorrow and pain.”



The waves, tired and heavy, lapped against broken shorelines, carrying whispers of coral long gone. The oceans, once teeming with life, now mirrored only the dull grey of a lifeless sky.

> “You built your kingdoms, your cities of might,
But dimmed all the stars that gave you light.
You mined my bones, you drank my tears,
You called it progress — I called it fear.”



The last mountains stood still, their snowy crowns melted into nothingness. Even the glaciers — the ancient keepers of time — had vanished. The Earth remembered when the air once carried laughter, when spring would bloom in a thousand colors.

> “I watched you grow, I watched you learn,
But love was something you let burn.
The trees you cut still whispered your name,
But you never listened — and I was to blame.”


In a forgotten field, one lone flower pushed through cracked soil — a fragile miracle. Its petals trembled, fragile against the toxic wind. The Earth’s voice grew fainter.

> “I gave you oceans and endless skies,
You gave me smoke and goodbye eyes.
I sang in thunder, I wept in rain,
Hoping you’d understand my pain.”



🌧 The Memory of Humanity

Even as the Earth spoke, she remembered them — her children. The dreamers. The scientists who tried to heal her. The poets who wrote about her sunsets. The farmers who whispered prayers before planting seeds.

Not all had forgotten love. Some had fought to protect her. But their voices were drowned by the noise of greed, by the hum of machines that could not feel the heartbeat of the soil.

> “There were some who cared, who cried for me,
Who planted hope beside dead trees.
To them I give my final song —
For even in loss, love lasts long.”

Her pulse was slowing now. The core of her heart — once molten and wild — cooled with a weary sigh. The stars above watched in silence. They had seen worlds die before, but none with so much poetry in their ending.


🌑 The Final Breath

> “And when the last leaf kissed the ground,
When silence was the only sound,
I closed my eyes beneath the sky,
And whispered softly: ‘It’s okay to die.’”



The poem ended there — not with rage, but with forgiveness. The Earth did not curse humanity. She did not scream or demand justice. She simply remembered them with love.

Her oceans became mirrors. Her mountains turned to dust. Her air became still. And then — silence.

A silence deeper than space, where time stood still and memories floated like ashes.

But somewhere, in the universe, perhaps on a new world, a spark of her essence drifted — carrying her poem across galaxies. A fragment of her love for the children who once called her home.


🌠 Epilogue — The Whisper Beyond Time

Billions of years later, when another young planet came to life, its soil shimmered with a familiar energy. Beneath its oceans, something began to stir — life.

And deep in its roots, faint and eternal, the old Earth’s voice whispered once more:

> “If they ever come again, teach them to love me sooner.”

Author’s Note (for Vocal Media):
This story is a poetic reflection of what happens when we stop listening to our planet. It’s not just about the end of Earth — it’s about the power of forgiveness, memory, and the love that nature holds for its children, no matter how flawed they are.

Even if we are gone, Earth’s love — like poetry — might never truly die.

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About the Creator

Fazal wahid

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