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Gleaming Marble

A slab of gleaming marble,
confiscated from echoed tombs of museums long ago forgotten.
A life lived and illustrated,
amidst  the dusty pages of silent paper collections.
Bygone libraries,

of your once youth and Huckleberry affections.
World wide technologies,

profiting millions conquering the pyramids of bold lumbar realizations.

Eternally,

I sit upon your grave.
A reminder,

of decisions, codes,and texts you create.
Your final words,

decomposing, etched upon a slab of gleaming marble.

Carved by own hand.
Returning to the earth the nutrients you were given.

What will the future say,

when they stand and read your epitaph.



 

Author notes

i tried to write this as the transition we are experiencing...globalization...i ended it with a dark
twist...because that is me..and i thought it was a wise
reminder that it still "US" who programs the technologies
balancing the power carefully. Lest we always be
stuck in transition.

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  • Wayne Leon Learmond
    March 28, 2008

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    Brilliant

    I loved this one too and I can see why this won gold. The trophy was well-deserved. I agree with the comment below too that we are leaving a leaving a legacy that is not something to be proud of.

    That the generations to follow will have to begin a new legacy, something better, something lasting, instead of the wastefulness that has gone before.

    Wayne Leon
    xx


  • Metaphorist
    March 26, 2008
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    Wow! I loved this. When I first read it, I thought it was a dedication to a poet or other writer. But the author’s notes made me see it in a different light. I do agree that the legacy we’re leaving is one where we pursued wastefulness and the intential destruction of our earth. Thanks for entering!


  • everyone1 gold member
    March 21, 2008

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    Wow!

    Ominous awakening I just had from this... " Will I be moved to never begin... or will I begin again to move...

    My life has been shot through with promise like this to myself... But the only one of real value... is the legacy that I leave behind...

    Brilliant writing! Passion is reading the wonder of your pen... Friend...

    ~ James ~


  • Clovis...Curious silver member
    March 20, 2008
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    Superb

    Wow! Frankly other than excellent; I don't know what to say.