Countdown To Forever

COUNTDOWN TO FOREVER Give me eternity so that I may contemplate the wonders of the heavens … Let me witness the cycles of galactic trends, Perceive the essence of time and the non-infinite, Conceive bridges connecting the beginnings with the ends. Give me millenniums so that I may flourish in like magnificence to the earth … Let me rise and crumble as continent and mountain range; Grow as one with the great forests, rivers, and seas; Burn and vaporize with them in the violent flames of change. Give me centuries so that I may savor the glory of magnificent civilizations … Let me arise into vast cities of colossal build, Be devastated and crushed under the hooves of Armageddon, Scattered in the dust of dreams unfulfilled. Give me years so that I may struggle and toil as mortal man … Let me be born with the pain of fleshly chains and desires, Love, hate, and kill with all my heart, With all the answers dribbling from my lips just as life expires. Give me minutes so that I may know the joys and sorrows of lifetimes … Let me consume sweet breaths of intoxicating air, Drink up the radiant nectar of sunshine on my lips, Expel suffering cries of pain and despair. Give me seconds so that I may track the predatory beast of existence … Let me stalk him through the lost jungles of time and space, Over deserts of oblivion with fantastic mirages, Trapped in the timeless cage of now — face to face.