Silence

If the dust falls at the end
    of the world
shifting- restless the sands
    of time
beating at the shore,
beating like a heart-
wake early so as not to
miss a moment
lift up your eyes,
    burning red-orange, orange-red
and see, slightly the
    light of life is but a murmur in time,
    while
it wholly is nothing
then smile, for this
is the most beautiful
    thing man could have
    hoped to create-
                            silence