Future Prospects

Australopithecus saw the sun rise.
So did T. Rex and the Dodo.
Shall we add man to the list?
A million years from now
the sun will still rise
over the black line of the horizon
turning the sky into a box of crayons
with rays of gold and red,
tinging the clouds with pink.
I doubt man will see it then,
but hope whoever or whatever
roams this planet in that time
will have eyes and a sense of wonder.

by Joseph Farley

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