SILENT SPECTATORS

A pale moon wanders over silent waters,

Gazing quietly at our intransigence.

It is sad to let things go by, as they are,

But what can you or I do, except watch

Like strange and silent spectators.

Insignificant as we are,

Yet seeking a change

To the entropy around us.

The circle of time is reaching its end,

The earth looks like collapsing,

Bogged down

By the sheer weight of its own burden.

Where in this galactic plan,

Does our existence figure?

How will the cosmic scroll writers,

Describe our destruction?

How will we be remembered,

When this expanse of nothingness,

Gives birth to new life forms again

When there will be nothing left

No remnant at all

Of anything of anybody?

Author's Notes/Comments: 

WRITTEN IN 1997 AFTER A LATE NIGHT STROLL IN DUBAI.

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