The Advancement of Evening: A Poem

“The Advancement of Evening”

Inspired by William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies

The deep sea breaks miles away
Where the crying gulls return
To their roosts among the square sea rocks.
When the day so hot adjourns.

The butterflies dance round and round,
And the songs of the birds grow faint.
For nature keeps its peaceful ways
Free of man’s constraint.

#NatureIsSpeaking

“Nature doesn’t need people. People need nature.”