Vanitas Vanitatum

Spinning into the void....

Silhouetted glimpses

Of these comets

And shooting stars

Disappearing tales of vapor

Astonishing wonders, they are!

Axioms....

Swishing into the swirls

Of the churning skies

Crashing into the waters

Amid spindrifts....Vanishing light!

Their moment, slowly descending

Beneath the murmuring tide

Columns, of reflectless glass

Silently dancing....

For the very last time

Unto the shores, of forevermore

Forgottens fathoms....their lives!

Spatiotemporal....Resting....

...."Never again"....

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Vanitas Vanitatum
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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October 4, 2010 at 10:17 PM
I think I understand this after reading it a couple of times.."Astonishing wonders" indeed. "Disappearing tales of vapors" for sure...liars,arrogant,ones, the so-called clever ones, never last forever, sooner or later they all fade in the light- and vanish! Thanks for reading leaving comments for me...Love, Audrey
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