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We're coming to the edge
Running on the water
Coming through the fog
Your sons and daughters

Let the river run
Let all the dreamers
Wake the nation
Come, the New Jerusalem

Silver cities rise
The morning lights
The streets that meet them
And sirens call them on
With a song

It's asking for the taking
Trembling, shaking
Oh, my heart is aching

We're coming to the edge
Running on the water
Coming through the fog
Your sons and daughters

We the great and small
Stand on a star
And blaze a trail of desire
Through the dark'ning dawn

It's asking for the taking
Come run with me now
The sky is the color of blue
You've never even seen
In the eyes of your lover

Oh, my heart is aching
We're coming to the edge
Running on the water
Coming through the fog
Your sons and daughters

It's asking for the taking
Trembling, shaking
Oh, my heart is aching
We're coming to the edge
Running on the water
Coming through the fog
Your sons and daughters

Let the river run (let the river run)
Let all the dreamers (let all the dreamers)
Wake the nation (wake the nation)
Come, the New Jerusalem

- Carly Simon

You awake.

It's the Apocalypse.

But it's not the Apocalypse you imagined or even were told about in legends, stories or the Bible.

Not in the literal sense.

And it doesn't happen in a single day.

Nor is it linked to a single solitary event.

And there were no doomsday prophets screaming about the end of the world, even though the signs were everywhere for everyone to see...

But you saw it coming.

Or at the very least, you suspected something was amiss...

But would they believe you?

Even though you knew something wasn't right?

We live in a society where the spiritual, artistic and musical are disregarded as some nonsensical fictional bullshit.

But a quote exists, that goes something like..."After climbing the Everest of science and knowledge for centuries, the researchers arrive at the top only to find a bunch of theologians waiting for them there..."

What if...?

What if...we have killed the very things that made us an evolved species?

What if, during biblical times, people were a lot more evolved and therefore more in touch with the spiritual? Which could enable them to identify problems as spiritual before they manifested as physical?

It is widely known that people who focus deeply and with intent on their spiritual side, lead more peaceful lives (Buddhist monks come to mind). 

No...I'm not talking about the problem cases. I am not disregarding the importance of medicine and science, but without a healthy balance, there can be no equilibrium...

When we speak to God, it is called prayer. But when God talks back, it is called mental insanity...

The whole world is suffering from a severe mental Apocalypse...the pursuit of self. We have been indoctrinated with the novel idea that to look out for number 1 supersedes all other pursuits. But what if by looking out for each other, is the most primal survival act we could accomplish?

What if, by extending our reach of influence, we are literally taking care of ourselves?

And no...I am not talking about charity work...

I am literally talking about sharing what we go through with others.

And not only on Social Media.

In fact, I am highly against social media posting. You often see a single line or a single post on social media and because you do not know the details of the context it was posted in, react in a way that could alter the course of events drastically.

But no...the Apocalypse is here...to take care of number one...

And you saw it coming...in fact, you felt it within your very bones...like the ant feel the rain coming and start scurrying around to move their precious eggs...or like the swallows feel the warmth of the summer air departing in the atmosphere and start swirling in flocks to start their long journey to warmer regions...in the same way you felt it coming, yet, just like the ants and swallows, you knew that there would be nothing you could do to prevent the inevitable avalanche of chaos that you knew was steadily approaching, you could only prepare yourself and hope for the best...

Because you knew...the Apocalypse had started...

And to look out for number one was all you could do...