Evolution

I see the moon perched
on the ancient vimana
and wonder how
power structures 
evolved into pyramids, 
leaving room at the apex 
for only one. 

The flatness of consensus 
turning vestigial. 

We know from ostriches – 
the way they lost flight 
when predators
that triggered
swift departures 
were no longer a threat. 

Above all, safety. 
Above all, survival.

But there remains 
the issue with light:
what it was before
we could see,
what was lost,
and what we should do now 
with the darkness 
that still 
stubbornly
remains?

#Poetry