After Us
Legacy in Embers: Pondering Humanity's Echo
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Will we petrify
Reflecting on the possibility of becoming immobile or unchanging
Will they find our cells
Questioning if future generations will discover and study our biological structures
Entombed in hollow crypts
Contemplating being enclosed in empty tombs or chambers
Buried; the vain and hallowed
Acknowledging that even the conceited and sacred will be interred
Will they uncover our fate
Raising the uncertainty of whether our destiny will be revealed
In another life
Pondering the possibility of existence in a different life or dimension
Or will we be erased
Considering the potential obliteration of our existence
After us
Contemplating what happens in the world after our presence
(Will they remember us)
Parenthetical expression questioning if we will be remembered
In the wake of all we left to dust
Reflecting on the aftermath of everything we've abandoned to decay
Will others evolve to breathe the rust
Wondering if subsequent generations will adapt to endure challenges
And after we leave this world in embers
Anticipating the end of our existence with the metaphor of embers
Will our successors remember
Questioning if those who come after us will remember our legacy
Given only
Indicating a limited timeframe, eighty years, to make an impact
Eighty some fucking years to
Emphasizing the constraint of time to create significant change
Make a difference
Highlighting the urgency to either make a difference or continue destructive patterns
Or perpetuate this viral
Referring to the widespread and all-encompassing nature of consumption
Consummation
Describing the consummation of a world caught in a destructive cycle
Of a world that's
Emphasizing the idea that the world is entrusted to the current generation
Only given to us
Reiterating the responsibility for the state of the world lies with the present
In the wake of all we left to dust
Repeating the reflection on the aftermath of what is left behind
Will others evolve to breathe the rust
Revisiting the idea of future generations adapting to challenges
And after we leave this world in embers
Reiterating the anticipation of the end with the metaphor of embers
Will our successors remember
Repeating the question of whether our successors will remember us
After all the rubble's been plundered
Envisioning a future where remnants of our existence have been exploited
Rebuilt, rewired or recovered
Speculating on the reconstruction or recovery of what we leave behind
Will our story remain
Questioning if our narrative will endure through time
In the wake of all we left to dust
Reiterating the reflection on the aftermath of what is left behind
Will others evolve to breathe the rust
Revisiting the idea of future generations adapting to challenges
And after we leave this world in embers
Reiterating the anticipation of the end with the metaphor of embers
Will our descendants do better
Pondering whether our descendants will improve upon our legacy
After us
Concluding with the contemplation of what happens in the world after us
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