Ash
The fires of Earth have burned their tinder through,
No ruddy gold to flicker in the mirk,
The fleeting things have gone to ground or died,
In deserts yet a ragged remnant lurks,
Cassandra’s warning has been proven true,
Deniers perished by their handiwork,
Suicide enabled by their pride,
Their cities drowned by seas no longer blue.
The Earth is dead, long live the Earth again,
For deep inside the biomes yet may thrive,
Bacteria and tardigrades a new
World order make and may evolve to prove,
Intelligence adaptive can become,
And reach for stars that were too far for men.
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