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All things end.
5 years ago
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All things end.
There are times when I look in the mirror and I see a very old dragon looking back at me. The look on his muzzle asks a question. He whispers why, why do you even care about humans?
Millennia have gone by and still, you fight for them he says. But, he whispers, I can see you growing tired of the continual battle. Why do you care about a hate-filled race who is more concerned with all the superficial things that deprived them of unity?
I can see in the mirror of the dragon's reflection that he too is tired. That he, like I, have been fighting the battle too long and it wears poorly on his scales as it does on the gray of my whiskers.
We both come to the same conclusion that humanity is not worth fighting for. All that the human race could achieve they never will. They're too content to let the shepherd and the sheepdog do whatever they want to their fellow humans as long as it does not affect them. Those that do act out aren't doing so for the betterment of humanity, they're doing so for their own agenda.
We look at each other, the dragon and I, and it grows harder to separate the two of us anymore. Neither truly cares about the future of humanity. They are like a disease, a cancer, and we both know the human species too shall pass. Again he asked me why, why are you such a stubborn human? Why don't you give into the nature of your true soul? Why do you not seek in sharing enlightenment with only those of your own kind?
It is then I realized that I have lied to myself all my life. That I have fought for the future of others in hopes that they would do the same for the next generation. I look back and realize no matter what life I've touched, it's been all for nothing. Humans only care about themselves, and not the whole of humanity.
I look into the broad grin across that scaly muzzle, and in it, I see my own grin. In his eyes, I can see the twinkle of my hope that it's time to go home and be amongst my own kind.
A little longer I whisper, and he nods and whispers back I will hold you to that. Too long have I been a better reflection of your human form. Come home and let a dragon soul restore peace to a weary human body.
One last duty to perform I say and again he nods but already I can feel us rejoining. It feels comforting and I fully understand why.
I no longer care about humanity or the human animal. I only look for my family now. Humanity can kill itself and will kill itself because each human does not care about anything but itself.
Still, deep in both of us, the dragon and I, we hear the whispers of the Creator's one law. We both sigh because we know there's always a price to pay. Still, it will be good to go home, and we, the dragon and I, know that again we will soon be whole once more.
There are times when I look in the mirror and I see a very old dragon looking back at me. The look on his muzzle asks a question. He whispers why, why do you even care about humans?
Millennia have gone by and still, you fight for them he says. But, he whispers, I can see you growing tired of the continual battle. Why do you care about a hate-filled race who is more concerned with all the superficial things that deprived them of unity?
I can see in the mirror of the dragon's reflection that he too is tired. That he, like I, have been fighting the battle too long and it wears poorly on his scales as it does on the gray of my whiskers.
We both come to the same conclusion that humanity is not worth fighting for. All that the human race could achieve they never will. They're too content to let the shepherd and the sheepdog do whatever they want to their fellow humans as long as it does not affect them. Those that do act out aren't doing so for the betterment of humanity, they're doing so for their own agenda.
We look at each other, the dragon and I, and it grows harder to separate the two of us anymore. Neither truly cares about the future of humanity. They are like a disease, a cancer, and we both know the human species too shall pass. Again he asked me why, why are you such a stubborn human? Why don't you give into the nature of your true soul? Why do you not seek in sharing enlightenment with only those of your own kind?
It is then I realized that I have lied to myself all my life. That I have fought for the future of others in hopes that they would do the same for the next generation. I look back and realize no matter what life I've touched, it's been all for nothing. Humans only care about themselves, and not the whole of humanity.
I look into the broad grin across that scaly muzzle, and in it, I see my own grin. In his eyes, I can see the twinkle of my hope that it's time to go home and be amongst my own kind.
A little longer I whisper, and he nods and whispers back I will hold you to that. Too long have I been a better reflection of your human form. Come home and let a dragon soul restore peace to a weary human body.
One last duty to perform I say and again he nods but already I can feel us rejoining. It feels comforting and I fully understand why.
I no longer care about humanity or the human animal. I only look for my family now. Humanity can kill itself and will kill itself because each human does not care about anything but itself.
Still, deep in both of us, the dragon and I, we hear the whispers of the Creator's one law. We both sigh because we know there's always a price to pay. Still, it will be good to go home, and we, the dragon and I, know that again we will soon be whole once more.
i've got no doubts that humankind has two paths before them- evolve even greater social responsibility both at the individual level and at the systemic cultural level; or remain limited by antiquated selfish instincts.
i'm sure technological advancements will make the former possible. it isn't man & flesh that will overcome what all living species of flesh have in some form or another- greed; but it will be machine & logic that will find, alike many other entities have found before, that coherent cooperation births greater congregations of superior influence, resilience, and potential. alike cells forming a greater organism, or starts forming galaxies- there need only be a force to keep them together, that is stronger than the forces keeping them apart.
so what force will counter-balance, and overcome, selfishness?
posing such questions is much more entertaining and nourishing for one's soul, than resigning to hopelessness- even if justified.
we are merely in a transitional era, then, and humankind is in the painful process of shedding its old skin.