The Generation

by Sha Ya-lo - Not entered


THE GENERATION 

Ages ago died the last elven king, 
ages ago the children of the Vikings 
ruled over the lands and wide oceans 
whose every fish and non-fish was theirs. 
Doesn't it scare you that so many 
empires, powerful as the Olympic gods themselves, 
or fabulous as the laws of economy written in a fairy-tale book, 
all have collapsed never to be reborn? 
Son of woman, 
Daughter of man, 
you are but a will-o'-the-whisp: 
attractive and mischievous, 
so prone to betraying. 
A point in time 
you consider longevity you can 
never obtain by any yoga. 
Your time had come and it passed ages ago - say the constellations - 
ages ago you would have been 
the master, 
the ruler, 
the King or the Queen, 
or  happy shepherd in the highlands; 
but you have chosen the wrong century to be born in. 
This is the time of curiosity and disaster foretold: 
you are doomed to be the slave-driver or the scapegoat... 
and it's your choice now! 
Go ahead! There is no accounting for taste; 
history has finished. 
Birth sign: Not entered
Date created: 1998-01-23 04:43:12
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:39:56
Poem ID: 48611

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