5494 The fading of light

I used to carry a torch, 

Like a statue of liberty, 

And in my chest, I kept a flame 

Like the phosphorescence 

That the sea has at night.

My smile radiated a warm serenity.

Until the sequence 

Of your comets 

Stopped tracing my path 

And the meander of your rivers 

Beside me stopped passing.

I used to carry a lantern, 

Like a colossus of Rhodes, 

And in me shone a flash 

Comparable to that painted 

By the northern lights in the sky.

The reign of peace could be seen on my face.

Until the echo of your planets 

Stopped resonating in my atmosphere 

And the circuit of your moons 

Through my orbit stopped rotating.

I used to hold a luminous flashlight, 

Like the Baghdad battery, 

And in my soul, I sheltered 

The fractal iridescence 

Of the butterflies and their fluttering.

My body was governed by serenity.

Until the symphony of your waves 

Stopped playing in my ocean 

And the migration of your clouds 

In my sky stopped dancing.