The beginning

Before everything

there must've been a beginning.

***

When dark and bright separated,

land rose from the endless ocean,

like a king rises above his kingdom.

***

The first animals showed up, breathing

the ancient air, that plants created

with hard work, fighting for living

in spite of ruthless circumstances,

that decreased survival chances.

***

There must've been a reason why

creatures left the sea after a while

and some of them stood up to fly.

***

They gathered strength, more and more,

growing legs and wings and horns,

so we can call 'em dinosaurs.

***

They owned the globe for centuries

thousands and millions of years

that's what's said by scientists.

***

But eventually everything

that has a kind of beginning

has some weird ending too.

A finish that sounds like a "boom".

***

And there are cases

when no survivors are needed

to tell what was going on

before we even existed.

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Many thanks to Kiersten Weldon (you can read her fantastic poem here), for inspiring and helping me find this daily writer prompt! Thank you!

Written for the 2024 April Poem-A-Day Challenge.

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