the world is a means to no end

i imagine chemical warfare
i imagine trees burning
children crying
an apocalypse in my head

i imagine your stare
i imagine a burn
as we bled with a pain
so terrible we can't return

i imagine a world in ruins
i imagine there's nothing gained
a loss too great to feign
to recover in our lifetime

don't imagine all the people
living in the world
we don't deserve it
we have only lost what we claimed to have won

imagine a utopia
imagine life as something we have to earn
imagine if we loved each other
imagine if we saw life as a gift
and not a race to an end.