Let the World Fall
by M.K. Wessel
If ever I forget our love, let the world fall
And let all mankind topple from the earth
For all I am is none and none is all
Without your laugh, your song, my senses stall--
Though as like to weep as shock myself with mirth
If ever I forget our love, let the world fall
If ever I do not towards you crawl
Then nothing I remain except a dearth
For all I am is none and none is all
How can you be ash when all the rest stand tall
Just memories left to rot like afterbirth--
If ever I forget our love, let the world fall
If I ever fail to answer at your call
Let my voice join yours in that great lost firth
For all I am is none and none is all
None but you could e’er crumble my wall
And though no words can illustrate your worth
If ever I forget our love, let the world fall
For all I am is none and none is all.
And let all mankind topple from the earth
For all I am is none and none is all
Without your laugh, your song, my senses stall--
Though as like to weep as shock myself with mirth
If ever I forget our love, let the world fall
If ever I do not towards you crawl
Then nothing I remain except a dearth
For all I am is none and none is all
How can you be ash when all the rest stand tall
Just memories left to rot like afterbirth--
If ever I forget our love, let the world fall
If I ever fail to answer at your call
Let my voice join yours in that great lost firth
For all I am is none and none is all
None but you could e’er crumble my wall
And though no words can illustrate your worth
If ever I forget our love, let the world fall
For all I am is none and none is all.
M.K. Wessel holds an MA in Theatre Directing from the University of East Anglia in England. Their written work has been featured in Empyrean Magazine, Open: Journal of Arts and Letters, Writer’s Playground, and the interACT play-reading series at Lyric Rep.