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A Tree, A Pyramid
Jul. 9th, 2016 11:28 amYou make promises to the next generation, that they'll have a better life, that they'll have what you never did. And sometimes, that's so.
But you also take from them. Things that you took for granted will be rare for them. The open spaces, the freedom to wander. The treasures in the ground. The creatures in the woods.
Good tradeoffs, you may say. Necessary tradeoffs. But there will come a time when there won't be new breakthroughs, new advances, to make the promises come through. No new hoards. No new lands to build on.
Then, this pyramid that you've built, will it crumble? Will their future, that you've mortgaged, collapse?
What will you think, as you watch? What will you say, when you meet, beyond the moon?
And where does that leave you now?
But you also take from them. Things that you took for granted will be rare for them. The open spaces, the freedom to wander. The treasures in the ground. The creatures in the woods.
Good tradeoffs, you may say. Necessary tradeoffs. But there will come a time when there won't be new breakthroughs, new advances, to make the promises come through. No new hoards. No new lands to build on.
Then, this pyramid that you've built, will it crumble? Will their future, that you've mortgaged, collapse?
What will you think, as you watch? What will you say, when you meet, beyond the moon?
And where does that leave you now?
