Love’s last whisper
fadesthe world has ended.
No cataclysmic event in nature
no great bomb.
The end of the world.
No real suffering
just a deadening numbness,
people still go about their busy livesworkers working, students studying
all is meaningless
love has faded.
It is the end of the world.
Author notes
underlying precept- if no love, then no world.
Written September 7th, 2005
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A contest entry
- the end of the world by sawhey.
400 points, ended September 7, 2005, 11 entries
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Here is the applause I promised, well deserved. -Al
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Indeed, if there was only a loveless world, what's the need of being here. Just working is nice for a while, but when nobody rewards you for it in giving some love in return... No, then I would rather be dead. Great poem Wayne. Nice thought. Very well done. This is one of your best lately. Keep it up.
Anna.
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No, I typed it in about noon! Completely spontaneous...
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i'm guessing that you copied and pasted this, since it says u did it on sept. 7th, but oh, well, this is short but sweet and beautifully writtin good job, and GOOD LUCK!
-sage-
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thanks, more! yes, the world would surely come crashing down without the big L!
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No, Cock-Robin- the world is truly in the dumpster without love! Gone! Kapish~~! Zip! Nada! and all that lol!
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Yes, Ms. blueunderblonde! (pardon!) You do speak of reality, from a single-person sense, where I perhaps have drawn from my personal feelings, and I have! Now this poem is a bit of both the reality you described and the surreal, as in the entire human race being devoid of love...
a little 
from across the big pond to prevent the world from ending!
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Thank you, Esperanza, from down there in PR, I hope there is still a lot of love there!
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thank you, manoguru, and I hope you also 'felt' the poem, and pictured that world up there without love... truly ended!
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I was under the impression that this piece was written by Wbiro and as such I will await his response to my comment.
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I love this poem. I owe you an applause, soon as I'm reloaded I'm going to shoot one your way. -Al
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The world hasn't ended in that sense. In Baudrillard's terms, it simply VANISHES.
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We all live in the same world, under the same sky and breathe the same air, but what makes it different for each individual is the way that we percieve it. And that is pretty much dependant on our own frame of mind and feelings of well-being.
When one is in love, the birds seem to sing more beautifully, the sun shines more brightly and the world seems a wonderful place. But with every upside there has to be a down, and when one loses love, or feels unloved, it may indeed seem as though life has no meaning and that the world is ending.
Kat xxx
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Wow. This is a really deep poem. It is really simple, but everything that needed to be said was said. This is a perfect poem for the contest. Good luck!
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hey this is really different form much of the armagedon stuff we are so acquainted with... i must agree with you that there is no real world without love... the lines
There is no real suffering.
Just a general numbness.
We still go about our daily lives.
Workers work. Students study.
All is meaningless now.
Love is gone.
are very lovely and melancholic, like the leaves of a tree silently waved by a passing autumn breeze, bearing all the tiredness of the season
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Zonia is a good friend.
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Just mulling over your word, 'stark', Wispered Love! Yes, I didn't see that while writing, maybe only felt it...!
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thank you, ronnie~ I see we have Zonia in common!
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thank you, crazymomma! More love, please! lol
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thanks, squirt! I hope you speak for all 8 year olds!
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Good to see you back, Molly! May we together prevent the end of the world!
lol
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thank you, my bright angel!
your AP dad!
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Well, Jake, you left seven combinations as to what you are not, mathematically speaking, with the three possibilities- sickening, careless, and human!
Yes, a stark reality our world faces!
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Well, funny girl, how close you ask?! I think we are on the brink, and we fight it one hug at a time. !
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Cool sentiment, Wombling! 'Where are we headed, and do we really want to be there!
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WOW AP Daddy... This is an awesome poem!!! It is really sad but really well written!!! YOu did a great job!!!
Hugs,
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Very nice my friend!!! I really like this and the picture is absolutely gorgeous. You have mastered your thoughts well in this piece. I thought you have written this quite well with good thought. Thanks for sharing friend, it is good to be back and reading your writes.
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coo poem
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wow! It is true that the world is nothing without love great write!
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excellent
How true. The world really can end if love is gone. Nothing to live for, just emotionless robots. I am just wondering, how close we are to the end of the world? -
very thought provoking.
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Excellent
I had to reread this a couple of times (cos I'm a bit slow after a day at work lol). It does kind of drive home the point. In an ever more driven society, where humanity is becoming increasingly fragmented and individualised, relationships are becoming more and more chance meetings across digital networks rather than face to face, it does make ya wonder what happens next, where are we going? And do we really want to be there? Excellent write, well done!!! -
Very deep and emotional description of what all humans fear the most. Great job, your words were really tight and brought the entire thought process together well.
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Wow, what a social commentary, as if the apocalypse happened and we couldn't even pull ourselves away from our tv or something. Sickening these careless humans, good thing I am not.
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Thank you, Az, my favorite AP aunt! Yes, the second repeat is me argudriving home the point with the reader, who is still doubting that the world has really ended...!
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i agree with Whispered u didnt overdo it on the repetition instead u kept is subtle and simple...not all jumbled up. but what makes this even better is that this write is almost like an impromtu short play
hope u win nephew
Rae -
The repetition works well here, it accents a point that is so starkly written and yet, almost allows us to fade into the images created. Well done.
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