Ralphie´s Portal

It was a moment of enlightenment
A moment to astonish and appall
A horrifying glimpse into the future
Where I had seen the writing on the wall
And my eyes were weeping in the darkness
And my heart was bleeding for mankind
I saw the grim spectres of our karma
I saw harbingers of doom in my mind
And I saw that the devil was laughing
And his shadow was darkening the sky
I heard someone crying in the moonlight
Whilst lamenting the world about to die

It was a vision of disenchantment
A vision of destruction and decay
A nightmare of disaster and despair
As humanity threw everything away
And my tears were streaming in the darkness
As the rockets came screaming from the east
The theatres of war were burnt to charcoal
The world had heard the snarling of the beast
I saw a bleak and deserted wasteland
I saw the devil succeeding in his quest
I heard someone crying in the moonlight
As the missiles went streaking from the west

It was a question asked in desperation
A question that was asked for one and all
A question to which I knew the answer
For it was written on the cemetery wall
And my faith was dying in the darkness
And my words were trying to explain
I had begged for divine intervention
I had asked for a chance to try again
But I saw we were beyond redemption
I tasted poison from the devil’s breath
And the lone figure cried in the moonlight
As he watched the world slowly bleed to death

It was a prayer of consternation
A prayer which was bound to be in vain
While the despots were soaked in corruption
The citizens were drenched by nuclear rain
And a cross was burning in the darkness
And the sinners were turning out the light
And the wraiths of the holocaust drifted
Through the grey and never ending night
And a dark star was born in the heavens
And the reptiles crept back into the sea
I saw someone dying in the moonlight
The brotherhood of man had ceased to be

It was a time for capitulation
A time to watch the setting of the sun
To spare a thought for all our children
Who were marching with a funeral drum
And the worms were turning in the darkness
The cathedrals were burning up in flame
And the sacrificial lambs of innocence
Were butchered on an altar of shame
Then I knew that hope was lost forever
That there would be no turning of the tide
And the lone figure died in the moonlight
And I knew who it was and why he’d cried

It was an end to our flawed evolution
An ending to the conflict and the hate
And the beast which was named mankind
Was left begging outside heaven’s gate
And a voice was calling from the darkness
As the night came falling from the sky
It was time to make the longest journey
It was time to look the devil in the eye
I took a last glance over my shoulder
The writing was no longer on the wall
There was no one crying in the moonlight
There was nothing
whatsoever
at all