this is bad but eh

humans were the first to go

it may seem unlikely

but in all our boasting of

"intelligent life"

we were the first to go

then the ocean dried up

evaporated

over the span of three years

it sank into the earth

and disappeared without a trace

taking the sea creatures with it

naturally, the plants and animals

that managed to survive the first catastrophe

were slowly dying out from dehydration

the trees shriveled into twigs

the shrubbery crumbled into dust

volcanoes erupted left and right

since there was no longer an

"underwater"

the earthquakes shook

the whole surface of the planet,

the cracks spread hundreds of miles

lava rose up from every crevice

the world ended the same way the world began:

a lifeless, firey rock

with no hope

for the future