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The First & The Last

By Steven Mailer

By Veris MarockPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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The First & The Last
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The First & The Last

All the stars are fading now

their shells burn bitter cold

and as the last of their old flame burns out

the black consumes them whole.

It’s cold now, so cold.

the winds of time and tide and title have waned

and in the waste, I’m told

that only you remain.

Perhaps the world our woe begets

will remember what we became.

When stone and sand and sea forget

might the dust recall our names!?

There stands no need for weapons now

no need for fire as the walls of time close tight.

Beyond the black a broadening silence beckoning

as day dissolves to night.

“There’ll be another time…”

that’s what you told them,

when you watched them leave.

When you stood alone to fight

knowing what reward you would receive.

The only reward…

And now, as you watch it turn to dust

as your wounds eat you away

and flesh rots as flesh must

have you nothing else to say?

You, who stands before me now

a relic of a bygone age

a man without race

a man without face

a man without place.

The last who will ever wake

to recall time’s last embrace.

“What words might trade man and God

at the end of days!?

Might our timeless father applaud

as we wither in his gaze?!

As we rise to meet him, the last thing

the only thing that remains

managing only to decay!?

I stand witness to the end of creation

but the universe is a body and a body can remain

In the name of peace, in the name of all that is sane.

I face the last great tyrant.

And in one last act of defiance

of brutal and beautiful violence

I destroy the brain.”

surreal poetry
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About the Creator

Veris Marock

I've been a writer since I was a child. I had my first story published in 2019 in a short horror story collection and I've been working to expand my horizons since then. My primary interests are horror and fantasy.

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