get back
another century
riding the wind
working for a future we can't see.

roads stretch on
everywhere
away with wheels
rolling down the web of time.

bridges rise
spanning seas
stop and stare down
into depths we almost dared.

it's only a feeling
but swords and networks
are mere toys in trembling hands

deep down the cities
rise and crumble
only human after all these years

alone on a rock
in a sea of time
carry on,
carried away with freedom
we are never seen again

-- even the darkest fire
changes the world --

in the long count
only fossils are
remembered

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history:

written 10/20/93, left in a forgotten notebook for a decade ... rediscovered in Sept 2003.