Humanity's Dirge

Summary

A short dirge that introduces one of the themes of Filugori, my planned book on man's conquest of space.

An introductory dirge for my planned book Filugori, which chronicles humanity's conquest of space. It sets the tone of the book, of man's loneliness amidst the vast emptiness of space. I'll be posting more on Filugori in the future, stay tuned.

Humanity's Dirge

We are alone.

Hubris towers above man, waiting for him to falter.

We are alone.

Philosophers young and old still ponder.

We are alone.

Scientists claim to see something in the ether.

We are alone.

Explorers journey out, their minds seeking shelter.

We are alone.

Planets of gold make us forget to remember.

We are alone.

Emptiness is a fear in long slumber.

We are alone.

And so we explore the cosmos in search of an answer...

-biafra
bahanonu [at] alum.mit.edu

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