Evanescence

We laugh,
Cry over the ruins,
Debris of broken past,
Scattered memories!

Look beyond the skies,
The unseeing eyes,
Ponder the distance beyond,
Swim the tireless dream!

We live the present,
The transient,
The apparent!
Perceive the senses.
We sense the sanity,
Insanity of being.

Profess the accomplishments,
Self-worth satisfied,
Gratified by the smallest triumphs,
We live the present!

The too proud a species,
We become,
Self-righteous,
Mortified of the self image,
Perfection strived!

Into the fierce fires of nature,
We perish.
Decayed, burnt,
Purified!

But,
The sun shines,
The glory of day never undone,
Nature not bowing,
Time not stopping!
We merge,
Evanescent, only a memory!