Enlightenment Age Poems | Examples
These Enlightenment Age poems are examples of Age poems about Enlightenment. These are the best examples of Age Enlightenment poems written by international poets.
I used to rise with purpose,
with promise,
with poetic notions of dawn.
Birdsong, sunrise, fresh starts ~
all that inspirational stuff.
But these days,
the sun can mind its own business.
It’s not in charge anymore.
No celestial body tells me when to wake.
Because now I rise
with the truest call of nature,
the one force stronger
than ambition, enlightenment,
or even a good dream.
I rise with my bladder~
that tiny tyrant,
that dawn-defying dictator,
that unignorable alarm clock
with no snooze button.
It sneaks up on all of us
Imperceptibly at first
But dawning slowly over time
Until it's time we took a hard look
In the mirror… and faced the truth
It's inescapable
It happens to all of us
First born, last born
People, places, governments, movements, principalities
It catches up with all
We must confront what we've become
Has the age of enlightenment become the age of entanglement?
That many-legged arachnid known as truth
Waits silently at the edge of the web… that tangled one we weave
When wonder becomes plunder, and balance becomes challenge
And the age of reason becomes likened unto treason
Who do we deceive… and what will be consumed?
When neutron stars collide they
unleash immense energy plasma
jets, creating conditions extreme
enough to produce heavy elements
like gold, A single collision can
generate gold equivalent to several
Earth masses, outshining entire
galaxies in the process;
An armageddon of brilliance
may well one day fill the heavens
the blinding age of enlightenment
in the end as neutron stars collide ~ I fear a great healing old nick
hell shalt get a golden sarcophagus ~ several thousand miles thick
said god to satan arc welding his eyes ~ with plasma rich alchemic
In another place in time, he stood aware
A violin of broken strings, his hair in silence flowed
Best of all, he still had hope
Knowing even silence was a product of great value...
Now surge forth the music of wisdom
From the aged who have a way to know
Observing in youth a greater folly
Designed enigma to perpetuate a greater tale
Ah, the warming of the heart is slow…
See it all like every moment new
Just passing by, the movie you
Greater than any theater would dare
Hairline fading starts enlightenment pervading
Be free at once
And for all time
Fight the evil
In our minds
Enlightenment awaits