Authored: November 11, 2020

Under clear skies of Earth
Where pristine oceans touch sand
And the Green has returned to the leaves and trees
Under the rich blue hue of the daylight sky
The last remnants now of a long-lost civilisation
Aglow under the light of Stars and Moon.

And the Earth revels in a new balance
Now is the time of a newness
Evolution begins its toil and work
Shifting strands here, shifting genomes there
As day turns to night and night into day
The trees remember the past.

And deep at night under willful cicadas
They remember
Those who were Humans.

Balance reimposes unity of air, water, fire and ice
The air becomes pure and the oceans brim with life
Evolution shifts and changes species
Evolution is a process
DNA creates something new.

And there came a day
When the first new sentient species rose from the Ocean
And languidly trod onto the shore
Gills breathing in oxygen
Those eyes, those eyes shun with promise and intrigue
Evolution was at hand, and it was content.

From the clear sky above, those eyes watched
As something new washed unto senses and vision
And for so long that sound had not been heard on Earth
A metallic toneless voice
"This is Voyager, from the Homeworld of a race called Human Beings. We greet you and introduce ourselves...."

After Humanity....
Two intelligences meet on the memories of Mankind