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The Setting Sun

The Setting Sun
 
 
Don’t let the sun go down on your humanity,
Don’t let the future forget you and think that you were just too self-obsessed to…
Look beyond your own immediate concerns in life,
 
And like those in days of old from a forgotten age,
Your whole existence can be reduced to a footnote at the bottom of a forgotten page,
So will oncoming generations mockingly proclaim with a shocking rage:
“Who were these carefree people?”
“And why didn’t they even lift a finger to change?”
 
Don’t let the moon shine a light on your inability to rise,
Don’t wait until the looming twilight in the sky, projects the vulnerability of your times,
As you’re constantly perplexed by the neglect and fragility of your lies,
That eclipses the real invincibility in your mind,
 
Posing the simple question: “Why?”
“Why are we still killing the potential in our lives?”
 
Don’t let the new morning be broken without you,
Don’t allow the poisoning of the rivers of today…
…to infect the drops in the oceans of tomorrow that will surround you,
 
In the plants… In the trees…
In the flowers… In the seeds,
 
For it’s the life that’s “yet-to-be” that delivers us a hope for eternity.
 
And while we are still able to consume our daily bread…
Let us not forget, that on this day given…
We are indeed the projection envisioned in our ancestor’s dreams,
 
So what can we then expect our future generations to reflect…
…on times such as these?
 
If we don’t respect them,
And we neglect them,
Or we just lay down and accept then…
 
That the sun may finally have set on our humanity.


By Mr. Gee

Note from the Author

Poetry on BBC Radio 4 ; From July 6th 2009..

I'm presenting the poetry series "Bespoken Word" on BBC Radio 4 every Wednesday night at 11pm for the next 5 weeks. It features a tiny snapshot of the UK performance poetry scene and features artists such as Scoobius Pip, Polar Bear and the late Adrian Mitchell.

"Bespoken Word" aims to bring together all the different styles of British poetry, from the harsh street corners to the comfy armchairs by the fire. You can hear each episode again on BBC iplayer.

Close your eyes, open your mind and.... listen to:

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