| At What Cost? What song is sung for Ancient Glory Lost somewhere in the ashes? It burned out some time ago And placed in tin cans Was buried deep in the grounds For discarded Knowledge In the name of progress And in the name of Wisdom. Through many Ages, only remotely resounding In hidden pages, Unanointed, unsynthesized, and seemingly forsaken, And yet remained. No one needed it anymore, they claimed. No one believed. It was a false god of man’s creation they ordained. In man’s limited image he was created, Progressed and updated, Predestination reigned. All died alone unborn, Then lived again a loner Digging deeper and deeper In the wrong place For the definition of Illumination As the flame was flickering… © Sarah Gallant 2001-2002 |