When the trumpets fade
When the marching stops
When the drums are silent
When the chants are ended
When the riots cease
When the fight is over
What comes next?
When there are no more rich to eat
When there are no more foes to beat
When the rivers finally run clear
Will we still celebrate a brand new year?
What comes next
What comes next?
Imagine it and portray in text
What comes next?
When the howling quiets
When the screaming is silenced
When the hate is gone
What will it look like, that new dawn?
Competition? Of what kind?
Expansion of the eager mind
I want to know
I want to see
A world that will never
Be for me
What comes next?
What comes next
When… when…
When the soft rains fall
When we’re safe one and all
When the suffering is at its end
When there are no more knees to bend
To what end will our collective effort trend?
What gardens will we have to tend?
Will there still be existential dread
When at last our war is dead?
What will they say of us
What will they think of the lives we lived
Looking back on what we were
They’ll say we lived
Of that I’m sure
After we have found the cure
But what comes next
I want to know
Will my descendants remember the scent of snow?
What comes next
When trumpets fade
What comes next
What comes next
What comes next?
About the Creator
Alexander McEvoy
Writing has been a hobby of mine for years, so I'm just thrilled to be here! As for me, I love writing, dogs, and travel (only 1 continent left! Australia-.-)
"The man of many series" - Donna Fox
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Comments (8)
Reads with a sense of urgency to move from destructive power struggles and competition toward something better. Great message and poem
Some years are more difficult than others. 2025 was a challenge. Here's hoping 2026 will be filled with better things and more writing. Congratulations on Top Story and Happy New Year!
Good to see this piece getting Top Story. Congrats Alex
Truely though, what is next? This is fantastically well put. It emphasises your thoughts so well and raises important questions (literally). Loved it.
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
How do you create a perfect world from ashes and pain? A thouroughly thought provoking piece. Well done.
This is do ripe fir discussion. It is philosophical and begs deep thinking. I love the questions you are asking as they are the questions people seldom think about when gunning for peace etc. well wrought Alex
This made me think of Stranger Things. But I have a feeling that it's not about that 😅😅