And Millions of Years Later

And Millions of Years Later

And millions of years later
the shark still roams the sea,
always moving, keeping that oxygen
going through those gills -

And thousands of years ago,
up on the surface of the earth
the same old questions
were still being chewed over,
and the same old adulteries were being committed,
the same old blood was being spilled -

And there shall be an eye for an eye
and a tooth for a tooth
until finally there are no eyes or teeth
or anything left, anymore, ever.

And perhaps then the silence
really will become golden.

By Brad Roberts


-Pilt