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Tick-Tock
By
Chad Lilly
I’ve been around
for thousands of years,
seen centuries turn
like pages in a book
not worth reading,
I’ve seen The End
come over and over again,
seen stars explode
and solar systems
fold into themselves
--- collapsing
through the blanket
of dark matter that is space;
leaving a hole
black and void of light . . .
a hole torn into
the very fabric of creation . . .
a hole leading
into a world of uncreated night
on the other side of,
or behind, our own.
I’ve witnessed the birth
of original ideas.
Watched the universe
expand and contract,
sway in cycles, seasons,
and motions heavenly aligned.
I’ve watched Jupiter rise
in the skyline of Mars,
with the sun setting in my east
and the green-blue hue of earth
shining beautiful in the early night.
I’ve seen continents sink and rise,
mountains move, oceans dried
to bottomless basins in one day,
I’ve seen entire species
become extinct --- swallowed
in one blinding instant of light,
I’ve seen them die slower
one at a time.
I’ve witnessed giants on the earth
and angels integrating themselves
with animals on the plains,
with birds of the air,
with the daughters of men.
I’ve watched the ages pass
and with them generations
cast away like trash discarded
into the waste basket of time.
I’ve been around
for thousands of years.
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