Had you gazed at your own, scaly image
And recognized yourself in that dark pool
You might have inaugurated an age
In which others submitted to your rule
Consciousness seems present in all life forms
However crude or shallow in some minds;
Awareness of awareness breaks these norms
And spawns thoughts of radically new kinds
You and your ancient brethren could give signs
By means of grunts or cries or roars mighty
But symbols live between these simple lines
And form languages, crude as they might be
Had you learned to tell your own, strange story
It could have preserved your fleeting glory
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D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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Comments (7)
This is excellent D.J., and so cleverly constructed! I really like “Awareness of awareness breaks these norms”, and your musings on dinosaurs and their inability to break through when communicating. Thoughtful and it also flows nicely🤗
Oh it would be so nice of the dinosaurs were able to write down all the details of their lives! Loved your poem!
This is amazing. Your choice of vocabulary and forms of portraying the message are creative and beautifully woven.
Such a great story it would be to tell. Still Jurassic Park speaks well for them. We get the gist. Well said.
This is superb. I love to think about what the dinosaurs could have thought about and what their consciousness looked like. Great poem!
nice gut punch at the end there.
Last two lines are superb!