Embers fleeting

---relentless sweep of time--- sparks in the expanse our lives, brief segments, rocket sections discarded: a single cell in the grand coil a cog within the wheel a fleeting breath bound to the rhythm of birth and death ephemeral flame lighthouse swallowed by fog moth on the flame's edge each life a note in humanity's song a dance of light and shadow every step oblivion a price to pay I paid the price ---relentless sweep of time---