Exceptional Above the gravities of worlds... Moonstone by estory

Something beyond this decaying world And its darkened cities and skies Keeps pulling at me, beckoning me, Like the moon pulls the leaden tides.   Beyond the ruins of the past, The apocalypse of the future, The faint outlines of our savior's face Sketched on the moon's distant surface   Rises above these gravities of worlds, Empires and kingdoms and histories We can't escape from here, No matter how high we fly.   Somewhere out there are impressions of angels, The dead gathered like ears of wheat Waiting for Christ These thousands of years.   Beyond the ruins of man There is moonstone, Some other worldly magic We don't understand. Recognized Author Notes We have made a mess of the world, in this time we call history; no matter if we cast off kings for assemblies, capitalism for communism, vote left or right, we don't seem to be getting anywhere. We are still in a world of war, poverty, crime and slander. Some would say it's the system, I might call it our human nature, but the ruins are all around us. Only in this otherworldly love and grace, in the sacrifice of Christ, can we hope to rise above it and stand with those who have gone before us, into a better world. This one is in a more structured form, a classic rhymed quatrain, and maybe that form hints of the theme somewhat, a solid base on which to stand among the ruins. estory

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