Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Year without Summer

A solar flare caused breakdown of society, panic
Human fear was the toll, death was common
As cities lost the ability to function in cold regions
Unrest and selfish hunger slaughtered humans
From all social strata, from all people groups
Lack of food, famine, caused by lack of summer
Social order lost, violent, confused, wide spread
Food was more valuable than gold, due one event
The world now example of year missing summer
Today few people have an idea of the disaster
But the sun remains alive, to do greater damage
Changes happened, the damage felt immediately
Some brave acted, but nothing could be done
The damage was there, no way to repair it
Never ignore the sun's power to destroy
If able try to prepare for such a day
Don't assume survival is inevitable


"A winter without storms, a spring without mildness,
and a summer without heat" Procopius of Caesarea

The poem and information are fiction. I used an 
aftermath of a volcanic explosion that led to a 
year without summer than a massive solar flare. 
                                         Year without summer