Aditya loves the void and writes dark fiction and poetry, but is not alone in embracing DreamForge Magazine’s positive outlook in contradiction to his own dystopian views.

But We’re Still Alive, Aren’t We?

The world is dying, yes

Oceans have dried up

Air has turned into smoke

Land is an altar of decay and plastic

It’s a fact

Conscious existence is becoming extinct

I refuse to believe

Despite everything, we still stand a chance

To play with the sands of time

To erase the birth of all that killed life

It’s not in our power

To alter the positions of stars

To rekindle this cold womb of the universe

The knowledge of the depths of the cosmos

The energy of the soul

We use in driving

Experiments

Mistakes

Mistakes that opened the gates of Darkness

Was everything man did nothing but mistakes?

Looking at our history, yeah!

Can we stop the apocalypse?

I don’t think so

It’s too late and Death is already here

This is a reverse poem. The first part has a dark outlook. Now, see below - the same lines read in reverse that show a hopeful view.