Sunday, May 1, 2022

As it happens upon 2079 AD

Will the apocalypse come too late
According to data from astronomers
There'll be a solar eclipse in 2079 AD
Covering various regions of this earth
What regions touched still be populated
Will humans have eclipsed themselves
Are we part of nature, or are we its curse?
Is civilization a beast we've created?
Will a remnant population be left?
Will our grandchildren blame us?
For the world we leave to them
As the earth keeps bleeding
It can't breathe, but still
We can hear it screaming

"How then does light return to the world after
the eclipse of the sun? Miraculously. Frailly."   Virginia Woolf