Homage To A Mirage

I slid far past 400 millennia of stellar drift
to an expedition unknown,
far past the incredible wonders of Angkor Wat
and exceeded to the manicured-stone pyramids of Egypt,
and sauntered through the Mayan ruins,
meanderings and forgotten lore, 
Lo, this journey led me to a veiled oasis, Mecca, 
then back to the darken hallow grounds of Golgotha, 
this passage is an awakening
of some transient vexation,
these barters of prophecy who entrust foresight
to an inexperienced cad, carelessly reliant and defiant this 
Oracle of time, who allots hours to those who have 
already died. 


-  John Hardesty