For Sue Vincent’s photo prompt.
It was the first thing they saw when the sun rose. It was the last thing they saw when they left. Their forebears had built it, an impregnable structure with a message it seemed only they could decipher.
For millennia, humanity had broken against this cliff, scratched and scraped at the smooth material of the obelisk, pored and scratched their heads over its inscriptions. Now they were gone; it was too late to save them. They had come so close to enlightenment, but wave after wave of senseless violence and hatred had consumed the feeble flicker.
With one last, sorrowful look back at the beacon of hope as it glittered in the evening light, they left it to the waves and the sunset and continued their journey to visit the other beacons scattered throughout the universe.
Oh dear….. in spiro spero. ๐
I suppose I still hope, really. It’s hard sometimes though.
Is it sort of Alien you tried??
Sort of. Benevolent aliens though.
Hm…good one…liked it…
Thank you!
There will always be hope while humanity survives…I’d like to hope we can ‘get there’ before hope is all we have.
So do I. There are signs that we’re waking up, if only our ‘leaders’ listen to public opinion for a change.
And there’s the rub…
The big IF.
Yep.
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Thanks Sue ๐
The metaphor is mind-blowing!
Thank you, Reena! I’m glad you enjoyed it. The photo is so inspiring!
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Just focus on the metaphor running through the piece, and the interpretations of the picture. Beautiful!
Thank you for reblogging ๐
Humanity is always just out of our grasp. Sad…..And, still, we hope. Well done Jane. โบโบ
Thanks Patricia ๐ There are points in history and philosophy when we almost get it right, then somebody goes and rides roughshod over it.
We need hope and we need beacons of hope.
More than ever.
There is something otherworldly about that photo… ๐
Isn’t there? It’s the colour I find irresistible. The pale yellow and the dark tones of the sea and sky are gorgeous.
There’s a real melancholy to it, but the kind that is beautiful, if you know what I mean. The colours are just beautiful, I agree ๐