Burn Out

Our time is short

But yours is supposedly endless

Only looking in

Never looking out

Blind to your own self-destruction

But you will burn out

Burn out like us

Burn out like the stars

Purposeless

An end with no end

Paradoxically

Undeniably

Unequivocally

Inevitably

You will burn out

Taking the world with you

You will burn out

A quiet, regrettable, meaningless

Whimper

To this,

I’ll take quiet satisfaction

All will be gone

Including the last line.

———————————————————————————————————————— "... we can explore space together, both inner and outer, forever in peace." —W. M. Hicks.