"Twilight"

" Twilight "


In the ever fading twilight,
Under an ancient Maple tree
A crystal thought so bright
It had finally dawned on me!

We're all travelers from afar.
Distant guests in violent times;
Through azure skies to a star
Daylight dies, we see the signs!

Born of a silent screaming mass
We're but strangers on a quest.
Serene soldiers in from the past
Lightning rips the sky to the west!

Time turns another life to ash.
The righteous man does his best.
A rich man gropes his bag of cash.
The religious wait to be blessed!

Our mortality leaves us in the end.
We wonder if all of this is right;
For our lives have been spent
in those dreams of fading twilight!

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