We Are But a Mere Blink
We Are But A Mere Blink
This blue marble spins like a top
ever forward in time, never stop
Yesterday was a picture so long ago
a bloody river in epic timeless flow
Yet we could never give up our past
memory serves to make love everlast
Time is so like a never ending tree
life never lasts and nothing is free
Life measured by the beats of a heart
future seen looking back at the start
Flesh wraps the soul so hidden within
time erases all that has ever been
This blue marble exists for just a mere blink
Mankind lasts forever, or so WE arrogantly think!
Robert J. Lindley , 08-12-2014
note:
According to research, the universe is approximately
13.8 billion years old.
Scientists think that the Earth is 4.54 billion years old.
Mankind may be as old as 7 million years.
Most scientists would reply that modern Man probably
appeared around 100,000 years ago, the culmination of
a long-drawn process of Darwinian evolution which begun
several million years ago.
Compare 100,000 years against 13,800,000,000 years!
We are a blink....
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2014
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