Time is of the essence - GCC

The wait so agonizing

Dreadfully analyzing

Days of pondering

If our time has come

The children play

Bright smiles of joy

Unknowing of the turmoil

And where it comes from

I want more time

to watch my kids grow

To love more passionately

And watch the seasons change

It doesn't seem fair

An asteroid from no where

Disrupting our lives

It just feels so strange

My friends they scurry

Trying to prepare

but I just gather my memories

And watch my children play

What will be, will be

And come what may

I will treasure each moment

And live for each extra day

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Writing Challenge: In six months, an asteroid might or might not collide into part of the Earth. There's a fifty/fifty chance that NASA and others might be able to deflect the asteroid and push it away from its forward collision. If this occurs, there's still a chance that at least one quarter of Earth will be in total devastation due to the proximity of the asteroid. There's no way of knowing until the last minute if this deflection can be achieved. And if so, what area of Earth will be affected.

What will you do with your life - fiction/non-fiction/poetry/essay/whatever- during those six months of waiting?

As usual, all stories should be 1-3 chapters, with up to a maximum of 1500 words per chapter.  Poems can be up to 35 lines. 

Please put GCC in the title and tag if you wish the chance to be judge for next month or NGCC if you decline the opportunity to judge.