The time is ripe

We need to prepare ourselves for the Judgement, I tell X, can you help me with that at least? All the signs are there, it’s coming, it’s already here, it’s overtaken us. We’re like the virgins without the candles, or however the saying goes, I say. It’s time for you to step up and join me at the threshold, I say, the time is ripe. I know you, says X, you’d be the one without the candle, you’d be too frightened. You’d join the crowds when you could, you’d back away the minute the cock crowed.