In the flow of human time
Came a time without
the sun
A dark age, and the rage of ignorance
Fell like the darkness.
Man, left in the
power of his worst,
Fed the life-dimming thirst for hatred.
As their crops fell fallow
And human reach retreated from
The edge of greater understanding,
Like a flower that inhales its scent,
Time went backwards.
And to now, in an age
that thrust
Mankind to a choice of abundance or slaughter
The measure of human greatness in the balance
We can do either…exceedingly live, or
Follow well worn paths to greed and death.
Signs fall from the skies, a feather
Comes into the casual ambit of my eyes
And a meaning extends from the delicate blend
Of circumstance and inner sight, free-fall flight
Of a air light white feather…
Signs fall from the skies, the sun disappears
And will it be for moments or years that we recall
The endless nights, and the fright-filled wait
For the gates of the near heavens to admit
A right we overlook each day, the miracle
That we need to stay on this fragile blue craft
And will we see that it is simplicity of We
That need the sun, the air, the sweet water
And… forgiveness
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The sun dimming in December 2012 or in 2014 is a hoax-- but the ideas spread virally around the Internet. This was the inspiration here, a sobering look at the science of this day-- magnificent sun spots and enormous solar flares. Our connection to the Sun is the essential for human life on Earth, and hoaxes can focus on the reality, solar activity is unpredictable and uncertain except that we need it, and we are all in that same situation - we need the warmth of the sun.
