The Last

This piece pictures the last day mankind spends on earth; it realizes that it is a part of the evolutionary journey of the Earth and not its last stage, embracing its destiny with dignity and humility:

While the storm whiles away today,

We can see the lights, they’re not fading away.

There’s just so much that time can take,

Our memories can’t be erased, they can’t be fake.

At a distance, I can see you carry my load,

This light is not of our suns’ but the rays for another road.

Proud, we have made the woods and stones smile,

There’s only us and the moon tonight.

Eyes have seen the wonders even if it is for a while,

Get up and see the beauty of the created.

It is about time we laughed at our pride,

For the dreams of never dying had died.

In the sweet wake of its sublime present,

One more morning, the mother has in mercy sent.

For the first time, with the joy of forgoing foresight,

With the last drink in, cheers for what we’ve done right.

The balance has woken up from its comforting sleep,

There’s never a dull moment on this stage.

We can only imagine what this birth brings, now that we’re deep,

Maybe this is exactly when we break from this cage.

The air seems lighter this evening, the eyes mellow,

No one questions as the flowers are no longer yellow.

The autumn has peaked its power this moment,

The leaves and their redness have this path coated.

The glimpse of your smiles, the sight of your likeness,

All will we take and move embracing into the brightness.

Love is not to be lost in the gravity of this land,

It rises into the stars to be one with its kind.

Our marks seem indelible on these waters, they don’t understand,

What we’d made here was a gift, and now a gift from the blind.

Written By Roshan Nair

Copyright © 2015 Roshan Nair