it wasn’t
the end of the world
not in a biblical way
not in a plague of locusts
raining blood
hellfire and damnation way
not in a made up way
it wasn’t
the end of the world
not in ever rising
sea levels
in ever rising
oceanic temperatures
in extinction
after extinction
greenhouse gases
carbon footprints
islands of plastic in the ocean way
it wasn’t
the end of the world
not as the missiles crashed down
as mushroom clouds
loom on the horizon
as clouds of ash
blot out the sun way

it wasn’t
the end of the world
at all

but it was
the end of her smile
to him
that was worse
by far