100,000 Years



100,000 YEARS

In the depths of time's vast sea,
A tale unfolds, of mystery,
A hundred thousand years ago,
When Earth was young, and life did grow.

The world was wild, untamed, and free,
With ancient forests, as far as eyes could see,
Majestic creatures roamed the land,
In harmony with nature's hand.

The glaciers danced, their icy waltz,
Leaving marks upon the earth's expanse,
Mountains rose, and valleys sank,
A landscape shaped, as ages spanked.

From early man to modern minds,
A tapestry of human kinds,
In caves, they painted dreams in hues,
From art to tools, their skills they'd use.

Through struggles, triumphs, and fears,
A hundred thousand years of tears,
Civilizations would rise and fall,
Leaving remnants for us to recall.

From pyramids to grand empires,
Innovations sparked creative fires,
Philosophies, religions, and art,
Leaving imprints on every heart.

Wars were fought, and peace was sought,
As time's eternal dance was wrought,
The march of progress moved ahead,
As dreams and visions were widespread.

Across the ages, tales were spun,
Of heroes brave and battles won,
Legends told from age to age,
In history's grand, eternal stage.

And as we gaze back through the years,
Reflecting on joys, sorrows, and tears,
A hundred thousand years' embrace,
We stand as one, a human race.

So let us cherish, with open hearts,
The lessons learned, the wisdom's sparks,
For every moment, past to now,
Has shaped the path on which we plow.

A hundred thousand years have passed,
Yet time's vast story still holds fast,
As we move forward, hand in hand,
Continuing on this ancient land.

About this poem

The idea for this poem came from my daughter. When she was 4, she was looking at some old family photos. Some that were passed down from my mother were in black and white. As she was looking at these, as well as the photos with color, I could see the wheels in her head turning. In her little serious voice, she says to me "Mommy, was I alive when there was no color?" So, I briefly explained to her that there was always color, just old cameras were not capable of taking colored pics etc. etc. etc. So, she's listening to me, and thinking about what I am telling her and says to me "Wow, that must have been 100,000 years ago." 

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Written on April 18, 1998

Submitted by EmberPoems on August 08, 2023

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Scheme AABB AACC XXXX DDXX EFGG HHII JJKK LLMM EFNN XXOO PPCC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,604
Words 323
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Tammie Swinehart

Not much to say. I live in a small town in Indianapolis and work full-time as a manager for an insurance company. I have written poems going back to grade school. They were all horrible, but fun and passed the time. I have journals of poems that go back 40 years. So now that I have more free time, I dig them out, clean them up while preserving the original thought and meaning behind them. more…

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