The last day of my century
I visited
that sacred place
Paid obeisance
to my forefathers
For I know
my sons will not remember
this place
Nor this ritual
Even as we fade into oblivion
My forefathers and me

I touch the soil
that was once mine
Now that i am losing
Inch by inch, this world
And everything in it
So sad, even the heart cannot remember
what the feeling was

I walk past old signposts
Even as Cold signals
fly through my breadth
Living Ice angels
follow my path
As i walk down
the horizon
With the patient sun

There was a way around
this bleakness
That others behind me
will discover
in the many days yet to come
But for now
let me go