Enlightenment On the Wane



A cosmic gulf of enormity besets thee,
as intellectual relevancy re-entry
splash down in a vast sea of ignorance

The empirical wherewithal to muse observe, 
with keen, hydrogen-based acuity,
is nary an airy given oxygen insurance

Doth not the face of the southern sky
tans thy northern confidence?
Giving a crescent grimaced,  eclipse grin perchance 

Concealed thoughts art so hard to glean
in the constellation of troublous times
Orbital doubts waver on the lunar surface parlance

Pioneer tech eyes trail blaze sunset westward,
leaving an easterly wake of dawning Luddite uncertainty
Meteoric progress ever on a pagan retrograde dance

Neanderthals rule with nebulous, idol impunity — 
cave men-tality motions on an elliptical path of descent
Lovers of cascading idiocy tales, comet tarry in an illiterate trance

Count the stars ... 
notice the varying magnitudes of wisdom
Blind faith getting led by a Sirius cane

Gravitational scars ... 
trust falling in arrears create a void schism
Enlightenment on a neural pulse wane

Celestial numbers shine unfathomable,
Mendeleev Geiger counters never stop clicking
Differing degrees of sage brightness at a Cassiopeia glance

Art thou Arcturus views aurora noble,
doth thy vow to seek knowledge require asking?
Galactic dark matter will arise from a stony heart romance

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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