A Big One Falls

A big one falls on the road tonight.
A battle-scarred ancient,
caught mid-flight,
whilst tracking right,
on route to meet his ancestor mob.

Ancestor mob,
caught mid-flight.

Stop.

Smell the air.
Listen -
for the old ones presence.

Silence.

The ancient has fallen.

Wait,
not drawing air.

Ancestor mob,
The ancient has fallen.
He does not come.
He is at rest, he has departed.

Ancestor mob,
It's time to continue.
It's time to move on.

Over landscape, beyond the road,
Over landscape, beyond the far distant fence,
Over landscape, beyond the sight blinding lights,
Over landscape, beyond the beyond.

Ancestor mob,
Yonggar, the ancient, has fallen,
It’s time to cross country,
It's time to move on.