The Retired Bloke

Ancient Thera

This was a walk to history

A little mystery 

A little adventure

As we took tentative steps

Towards a life alien

Yet so familiar

Each step closer

To a previous civilisation

As we climbed higher

The world below

Turned microscopic

As we approached 

Something historic

Perched precariously 

On a mountain top

Ancient Thera 

Welcomed us to 

A world where imagination 

Takes us to another place

Where genius from a previous age

Invented, created civilisation

To remind us that we are transient

A speck on the history of this world.