Like everyone else, I am watching the news as the full extent of the destruction becomes clear. As of this morning, they are saying that at least 10,000 people have died. At least. They still have not found four trains…four whole trains…of commuters that simply vanished.
It is the power of it all that amazes me. The sea, the earth, they reached out, scattered our works like litter, broke bodies, possessed no concept of remorse. It was force incarnate. Strength incarnate. As vast and merciless as ancient gods.
We must remember, now, why once we feared the storm, the sea, the mysteries of caverns and the dark.
Or, to put it all another way…
Memento mori.
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Lean Back
3 years ago
And it is why we once sought to propitiate the gods and goddesses personified by the elemental forces-- to spare us their wrath.
ReplyDelete"Memento Mori"? More like Finis Coronat.
Good point. The end does, indeed, fit the labor.
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