Memento Mori

Prompt: Sundial Stone keeper of time so frail, Gazes over gardens, Poisoned by pretentious people Longing to lengthen living. Time trickling away, The truth shall stay. Superior shrine of ages Shines, Preserved past periods when legends had long lost life. Casting contorted shadows from its path, The renewed sun shall laugh; last. Beings; bemused, gather, bustle past, ignoring the Supreme Instrument that guides us through; The mysteries of an instance, Telling the truth of transience. This monument of mortality Stands to send shivers up spines, To implant the silhouette in our minds. As sparkling sunsets cast the Longest shadows, we are momentarily blinded by a majestic marvel. Until, fading in regenerative glory, It depicts a darker dream a premonition… Throwing hindsight gloom on the Everlasting reminders, Etched onto the graves of all who forget; Memento Mori Be mindful of death Memento Mori Remember that you are mortal Memento Mori Remember that you will die. Sundials, in ancient times, were placed on graves with the words "memento mori" to symbolise time running out for mortals. "supreme instrument" refers to the name of a sundial in India.