***a tribute to a childhood favorite of mine***

on this waking island

life begins in silence

ferns unfold like eyelids

ancient breath returns

golden light on thunder

dreams the world remembered

I stand still and wonder

what the earth unlearned

down down

into the sirens

round round

the roars go silent

bleeding in amber color bound

in ancient eyes

born from amber, bloodlines revived

mosquito in resin, a god re-designed

Hammond had a vision, spared no expense

built Eden with fences, cloned innocence

scientists in lab coats, playin’ like Zeus

frogs fillin’ gaps where the DNA’s loose

chaos math, Malcolm laughs, warning signs blink

“life finds a way,” he says watch them think

they fly to the island, fog in the dawn,

jeeps through the jungle, first brachiosaur spawn

Ellie’s breath caught, Grant’s jaw unhinged

a world long gone now lives again

electric rails hum, tour cars gleam

John Hammond smiles, “welcome to the dream”

kids on the ride, the storm creeps near

man builds miracles, nature builds fear

on this waking island

life begins in silence

ferns unfold like eyelids

ancient breath returns

golden light on thunder

dreams the world remembered

I stand still and wonder

what the earth unlearned

Nedry got greedy, code in his grip, let it rip

“nah-ah-ah,” locked screens, one tricky script

rain starts fallin’, the power goes black

tyrants of thunder start takin’ it back

goat leg hangin’, the glass starts to shake

rex roars louder than the Earth could quake

fence lines down, the jeep’s in spin,

chaos theory, now it begins.

kids in the dark, Grant leads through,

mud on his hands, the night cuts through

Ellie and Muldoon, try to fix the line,

but raptors watch, sharp minds behind

“clever girl,” last breath spent,

the hunters hunted, experiment bent

on this waking island

life begins in silence

ferns unfold like eyelids

ancient breath returns

golden light on thunder

dreams the world remembered

I stand still and wonder

what the earth unlearned

systems fried, the park’s gone still

screams fade down from the broken hill

Lex hacks fast, gates rebooted,

hope runs thin, but they stay rooted.

the raptors close in, teeth in the hall,

frozen breath, shadows crawl.

they climb the bones, the Rex storms through

chaos saves them, nature’s coup

flares and thunder, finale bright

predator meets predator, primal fight

the banner drops — “when dinos ruled”

irony’s sharp, humanity overruled

Grant holds the kids, eyes on the sky

helicopter hums, time to fly

Hammond’s dream fades in the sea’s reflection

creation bows to its own correction

life finds a way, as he knew it would

beauty and terror misunderstood

the island sleeps, but the story breathes

in every bone, and every seed

on this waking island

life begins in silence

ferns unfold like eyelids

ancient breath returns

golden light on thunder

dreams the world remembered

I stand still and wonder

what the earth unlearned

down down

into the sirens

round round

the roars go silent

bleeding in amber color, bound

in ancient eyes