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Some things have been around longer than us, the earth included. And will probably be around after us too.

The pockmarked sky, scarred with clouds
loosed the rain upon the ground
And all the silver teardrops fell
against the homes where man would dwell.

How long in time do houses stand?
A blink, a word, that's all they have.
A hovel, an office, a tenement flat
The wild will claim them
Be sure of that

Behold the tower, looming large;
A cry for help, a claim of ours.

Now it's cracked and run with green
the moss and bracken reconvene;
Man paints no more upon the scene.

But life goes on without man's steps;
No one to remember
Nothing. to forget.

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[jacob erin-cilberto]

this reminds me a bit of a skit of george carlin's---where he questioned how man could think of himself so important that he could actually destroy nature...


nature will be here long after we are gone...was here long before we arrived, no matter what we do...

i really like "the pockmarked sky" such a fresh image you created.

[Geoffrey Spriggott]

Thank you jacob. I must listen to more Carlin, been meaning to get into his stuff more. I'm glad you liked the opening phrase, came to me one particularly dreary and grey morning :)