[ WP ] The Dark Ages , a period of cultural and economic decline that followed the Rapture

The Dark Ages 
 
 
 Phoenix rising, the light went out above the world. 
 With fear and loathe, they sought for naught; 
 Trumpeting loud and far, so wept the lone herald 
 The end of faith, of God, of Lord, and thought. 
 
 Wand'ring across the plains, they begged for sight, 
 For life, for help, for Him, the sun, and Son. 
 But night had come, as coal had burned embers last light. 
 Sin fast spread faster still until then left none right but those undone. 
 
 So with pupils lit with shadow's light, 
 They kept their eyes upon twilight, 
 Their path so tread by dawn's slow trod, 
 They sought one last time the face of God.
