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This Timeless Land
by dulcie Tuesday, Aug 18 2015, 4:12am
international / poetry / post

this brooding timeless land
is locked in a twilight between
day and night but appearances deceive
it may simply be a shift in perception
which has slowed time though the herd
continues to appreciate day capitulating
to the night.

birds have settled in for the night
indistinguishable in the trees
that protect them while they sleep
but humanity toils on doing nothing
achieving nothing but more chaos and conflict,
it would be better to simply let it all go
ageless harmony requires no assistance

did i say, harmony, lost to man today,
where did humanity take a wrong turn?
follow anything and you will arrive at its source
so i followed perversity and disharmony
and discovered its source
in a book revered unconsciously,
as most of the world
follows its perverse dictates
while remaining unaware of the text

“subdue the earth” it says and take dominion
over the environment
such arrogance deserves its reward,
chaos, conflict and pollution
which now threatens the arrogant species
that imagined they were able to usurp
the harmony of creation

there is nothing that can be done
to prevent a terminal disease
from running its course
this land waits patiently with all its hidden
wonder to replenish what has been destroyed
by Abraham and his three delinquent sons

in this timeless space i see faint glows
like fireflies burning their lives away
but the land remains constant speaking
shelter for those who have lost the rest
and revitalisation that night provides

burning fireflies live for a day
and man in emulation has abruptly
diminished his lot but all knowledge
remains locked in open secret, this land
will rise when the moon sets
and push its germinating children
toward the sun of a new day