KEEPING THE FIRE ALIVE

O’ Cosmos!

You have perished;

Your mortals have faded

Into a deep vile.

Why do you laugh O’ Colonel?

Your stout shoulders broad with pride?

How long can you ignore it?

For the cries of the ones you slaughtered are haunting;

Your elation is ghastly.

Throw away that facade!

Sleep well, dear father:

Withered skin on glorious armor

Such is mankind!

Do not fret O’ mother!

Hidden are your children in the attic;

You stand erect facing death,

An oblation, they said.

My deepest sympathies O’ young ones!

For banished are your little dreams.

Those little tears of yours-

Will forever be unseen.

Foregone are those days;

Those days of beauty and glory.

The time has ceased;

Since the catastrophe.

Beneath the peel,

All are alike.

Flesh and bones are all identical;

Then why build walls of spears and knives?

Homo sapiens! What a name!

But does it spark a flame?

What a shame!

For you are to blame.

Those little sparks in your heart;

Engulfed are they;

By many names.

Look around; open your eyes!

Feel their anguish; ignite those sparks!

The Cosmos is alive.....

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