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Rebirth
by Ela Lourenco
Born of the very bowels of the Earth,
Woken from my slumber near the molten core
By the death throes of mankind above
I inched my way upwards towards the skies
Patient, though my travels lasted a millenia
I am one, I am many – a thousand beings
In one mind.
I rose up summoned by a pain so deep
The very Earth echoed its cries
I broke out of the dank soil
To find… nothing
Nothing but a concrete jungle
Abandoned, derelict
Silence blanketed the Earth
Not a creature remained
And now the only life
Is mine…
Fiction © Copyright Ela Lourenco
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com.
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Love the vision you conjure!
Love the organic feel of this poem – there’s such a sense of growth and death – that first the skyscrapers thrust themselves from the earth and now, long after their death, comes the creature. There’s so much here that we could discuss – nice work.
Wonderfully eerie, and a great twist.