We are modern vigilante
Always keeping Vigil
Vigil of the storm foretold
Hurricanes foretold
Heatwave foretold
Floods foretold
Famine foretold
Wars foretold
Election rigging foretold
Cancers foretold
Virus break foretold
Deaths foretold
We can prevent nothing
Knowledge seems so futile
It can only turn us into vigilante
Useless vigilante
We keep waiting
For the inevitable ends
While taking pride
In what we have created
Livestreaming of disasters
AI models which can predict
And prove conjectures
But nothing exists to prevent
Prevent the culling of the trees
Glacial lake outbursts
Animals losing habitat
Humans losing water and oxygen
We will watch it all
Minute by minute details
While being interrupted by
Festivities and advertisement of bliss
Praying to the imbecile gods
Who can’t even protect themselves
We turn vigilante
To save gods from other god
Following meaningless rituals
Moons must mock us all
We keep vigil for the moon too
Women praying for men
Their life longevity by fasting
We are delusional vigilante
Just like predators and scavengers
Who cannot even save ourselves
From ourselves
