"All's Well at the Well at World's End"

"All's Well at the Well at World's End"

I've seen many warnings
that the end is near.
Sometimes they seem to come
once or twice a year.

"The End is near!"

From street preachers yelling
to new age hippies chanting.
The end is always certain doom
and coming quickly.

"Take this, brother, may it serve you well."

The visions of zombies
I watched with Katherine and Tammy
in Summer 1978.
In the movie theater
out at Fort Benning.

"From the land of fire and ice..."

Comic book Ragnarok
set off when Balder was slain
by a mistletoe arrow.
As Christ was speared
with the dogwood lance.

"Just one drop of water in the lake of fire."

I've always known
as my Grandmother told me
He, and the end,
will come like
a thief in the night.
She said no water this time
but fire and brimstone.

"Riding a pale horse..."

And when a man
figures out the date
of the end
God will simply
change his plans.
So, for now...

"God put the Rainbow in the sky."

-Will Dockery (2020)