This is the way the world ends.

There's a whimpering cry for help

Ignored 

A feeble undistinguishable yelp 

Unheard 

And you know the silence will devour her 

If you don't give a damn. 

The shadows are growling for flesh

Dissatisfied 

The darkness is yearning for blood -- fresh 

Decried

And all that you say is wrong because to her

The world has turned its back. 

Her eyes rove your face with hopelessness 

Despair

And comforting brings only distress

Unfair

The blood pounding in her head makes no sense

Because it carries only empty thoughts. 

How to drag her from the hole

Crushed

When the emotions rip out her soul

Unjust

You would wrench out the sting if you could

But the poison's bled too deep.

And it ends the way it began

Whimpering

Because a gun has a high demand

Shivering

She knows death will be even colder then

Her fears that never cease.

It ends with a bang

It ends with a whimper

It ends with a friend fled from me.