Beneath a lingering cloud

We are left to our destruction, our paradise has fallen
Waste deep in rot, I'm living in a world of damnation
All civilization has fallen down, bleeding out dreams

To remember, be aware, our hopes have been severed
Know we've nothing we can do, being dismembered
A cloud of acid rain and foul vapors of decay linger
All the dead sleep, bodies gray, faces frozen in terror
We're told to hope for a future, beneath toxic skies

"When you get wet in a fog it is
very difficult to dry yourself."
                        Shunryu Suzuki