The Endling

by Ælfric

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" An endling is the last known individual of a species or subspecies. Once the endling dies, the species becomes extinct." - Endling - Wikipedia

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I trek alone throughout this ancient realm

Beneath this cloudy roof in valleys green,

Between the mossy pillars of the gods,

What dusty breaths that bide, what roots that rot?

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The hundred generations behind me

Are but a memory I never met;

Their whispers are my calls, their dreams my thoughts

As I, the last of last, trek into the dark.

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Notes:

Inspired by Lonesome George and dedicated to all endlings who once roamed this earth.

The first line of the second stanza is not quite iambic pentameter.

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