Humanity virtually decimated By an unknown virulent disease Pitiless struggle for daily survival Technology forgotten and long lost Nature's revenge for ruthless exploitation Or devilish artificial creation Cause of millionfold death obscured Miserable creatures lost in decline Exhausted, devastated world in agony Vestiges of misdeeds fading away Leftovers, crestfallen, distressed, ravenous Blindly wandering in their own ruins Hunger, thirst, survival of the fittest, Daily search for the last comestible goods Pillage of the last remaining stocks Decomposed, molded, contaminated food Undestroyed refuge, place of final destination Remnants of technological supremacy A glimpse of hope, innate immunity Last rescue for the condemned species Ultimate efforts to create an antidote And to avert imminent downfall Desperate, excruciating struggle for existence Victory within the realms of possibility Futile battle against parasitic fiend Unrelenting slow painful decay Rotten remains - testimony of a sunken past Doomed, Forgotten, lost in decline Moribund human species