all we ever wanted was everything
a man is placing silver coins on the eyes of his friend
who died in the night, a lonely wind blown into his mouth and through his marrow
and now the sulphurous glare of our greatest ally sends life through infinity
as it will until the teeth of our society are smashed from our gums
by the bayonet of impotence and jealousy that is the human race
and even then she will shine until the first sentience creaks through
the dust, lift their eyes to the light and learn to sing.
Stu Buck
Fri 14th Oct 2016 22:27
interesting point. i think time is full of circles. a human life is a circle (as job put it, we were born with nothing and to the dust we return with nothing), society is a circle, empires end full circle (from nothing to nothing). i agree, we travel along them and alter them, but the inevitable conclusion is nothing. from nothing, to nothing. and unlike a life, an era, even time itself, the circle is always from nothing to nothing. a bit like ouroboros, the snake that ate itself.
(glad you liked the bayonet line, my mouth hurt after writing it)