Death, Songs, and Yarns

[song_of_thea]

Floating through time and space
Particles of dust become life
Peptides working at a quick pace
Seem like a mere speck in the overall timeline

Blasts of molten lava
Erupt from the core
Steam races to the sky, falling
Back to the ground in waves once more

Fighting cell by cell over millennia,
Evolving and growing
Always swimming and clawing
Desperate
For the next horizon, unknowing

Shrinking from the cold
We try to survive the age of winter
By burrowing through the rock or
Shedding scales and feathers for fur
We join the fold,
Or we die with a shiver

Our hubris propels us
Our desire compels us
Yours is to be conquered
Until there is none,
We wrestle our way
Back into the stars
Only reaching our destination
Through death, songs, and yarns

But for now, that is enough,
That sort of immortality
Songs from centuries previous
Float out of our system
On Voyager, or Arecibo
In binary, music, and hydrogen

We perish
We are reborn
From stardust and back
We are endless

Comments

[static_abyss]

I really like all the imagery and the feelings that come through. It was a pleasure to read.

[song_of_thea]

Thank you.

[fausts_dream]

This is very well done. Enjoyed. The last two stanzas are especially effective.

[song_of_thea]

Thank you.

[the_eternal_overthinker]

Excellent! Loved it :)

[song_of_thea]

Thank you.

[rayaso]

What an excellent poem for the prompt! I especially liked the lines "Our hubris propels us/Our desire compels us." I'm always glad to see poems.

[song_of_thea]

Thank you. I too, am always glad to see poems. I believe that poetry has become a dying art. Hopefully we will see a rebirth in years to come.

[bleodswean]

Nice! A "song" from the future.

[song_of_thea]

...and the past. Thank you for reading.

[thephantomq]

There are a lot of really good metaphors and imagery in here. :) Good job!

[song_of_thea]

Thank you.

[megatronix]

Omg, I love this. Very, very cool. I love the imagery you create with your word choices. This is my favorite part:

"We wrestle our way
Back into the stars
Only reaching our destination
Through death, songs, and yarns"

Well done!

[song_of_thea]

Thank you. It was fun to write.

[dragonswimmer]

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[song_of_thea]

Thank you! Your poem was quite lovely too.

[murielle]

You know, I long to write brilliant comments that convey, cleverly my appreciation for the work and the writer, but too often, like now, I am reduced to...Wow!

Wow!

[song_of_thea]

I am humbled by your comment. Thank you.

[adoptedwriter]

Reminds me of the creation of life.

[song_of_thea]

There are some who believe that we come from the stars, and have written stories and songs about that particular belief. This piece is dedicated to that.

[bellatrixe]

This has such a rich and dreamy feel to it. Lovely!

[song_of_thea]

Thank you.

[troof_therry]

It's the evolutionary story of mankind, a kind of collective determination that makes us us, and it's nicely written that way! I really love the line "we wrestle our way / Back into the stars."

[song_of_thea]

Thank you. When writing, I recalled reading about the great space race and old science fiction short stories. They helped to inspire this piece.

[tatdatcm]

An homage to the story? Nice take on the prompt.

[song_of_thea]

Yes, and thank you.

[bewize]

I really loved the message at the end. Great job!

[song_of_thea]

Thank you! The prompt inspired me.

[moretta]

I like how the ending made me feel. Lovely.

[song_of_thea]

Thank you.

[halfshellvenus]

Oh, there were a lot of neat lines in this.

Desperate
For the next horizon,
was probably my favorite, but the whole stanza that begins "Shrinking from the cold" was just fantastic.

[song_of_thea]

Thank you.

When we received our prompts, it was very hot outside. I was reminded about studies narrating the struggle to survive during the ice age. It's truly amazing to see how far life on Earth has evolved over billions of years.