My world lies beyond the stars you see
a planet with a tapestry of silver and orange sands,
to any visitor it would appear as an endless desert.
For we are creatures of pure light,
masking our cites between dimensions,
so their illumined golden elegance,
thousands of years in cosmic discoveries,
collected in our translucent spirals,
was safe and not be detected
by our enemies the Perucon.
How we drink it the incandescence of the galaxies
gathering the universe's truths
in our caldron of time,
which controls the harmony of ages.
This is all more memory now,
because I was sent by the Council of Shimmer,
as Keeper of Earth,
given the name, Henniforce,
and sent to occupy a human body.
Was sad to have to remove our precious acumen,
sending it away from Renicue's haven.
But we had no choice, the Perucon had located it there.
So unto earth it was taken
serving as storehouse for our sacred wisdom,
carefully preserved it the minds of mortals
that it might be cloaked from our enemies.
Generation after generation
our keepers methodically shift this knowledge's energy
from a dying brain to one just born.
We accept how it seeped into the human conscious,
granting them blessings of creativity,
feeling so happy to see these creatures
able to use this talent to evolve.
I shall miss this calling when it ends,
because we have to relocate our information
every six thousand years
or it becomes to easy to detect by the Perucon seekers.
This time has come
and soon I will emit the beam to release our data
from all their brains.
Then it will be transported to another planet
whose creatures are still living in caves.
What a pity when I depart
all creativity will flee Earth as well,
life without imagination
always decays into insanity.
Perhaps once they have destroyed themselves,
another life from can be generated,
it is such an amusing place
will love to visit again someday.
Author notes
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A contest entry
- I'm a Citizen of The Planet by Edited.
1000 points, ended October 3, 2008, 9 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Thnx
Hi this piece is really so much longer than 30 lines but i kinda liked it i let it slip.
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I enjoyed this and though it's not my usual sort of thing, there was something intriguing abbout it I love words and this one provided lots of them in a very tantilizing way, I FELT LIKE A KID IN A SWEET SHOP WANTING TO SNIFF AND TASTE And feel each one,a real pleasure to the senses thanks I can go to bed all satisfied now.
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very well written. Reads like a story. Good job
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