Intelligence Crystalized

In my previous work, Love Through Adversity, I mentioned that I was adopted from a foreign county at the age of 6 months old and did not have information about my birth family. This short poem was written after I learned of a biological brother that I discovered as a result of a 23 and Me test. It touches on certain themes related to my experience including identity confusion, the unknown, intuition, and discovery.

For reference, the composition of our intelligence is referred to as generalized intelligence. This is broken down into two categories: fluid and crystalized intelligence. Fluid intelligence is the ability to reason, think abstractly, and problem-solve. Whereas, crystalized intelligence is the cumulation of the knowledge that we have gained throughout life and experience.

This piece provides an alternate, perhaps deeper meaning, to the phrase "crystallized intelligence." In this context, it is used to encompass the innate knowledge of kinship without needing prior evidence of its existence. It was a fun way for me to play with words and suggest that perhaps genetic code and/or heritage is a part of crystalized intelligence. Hope you enjoy!

Beneath the cryptic text,

there lies a truth.

A newfound lens

to see the world through.

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Images of a spider web,

thoroughly woven.

Separated,

by dimension.

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How can you know?

What do you see?

Splintered sight.

Skewed reality.

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Wherever we stand,

is where we rise.

A point of origin,

intelligence

crystallized.

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A whistling in the wind.

Sense of urgency.

A truth begs you,

to set it free.

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From a shaky foundation,

through the chaos,

the whirlwind remembers,

what you forgot.

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How did you know?

What did you see?

Sight is returned.

Sudden clarity.

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Wherever we stand,

is where we rise.

A point of origin,

intelligence

crystallized.

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Through the chaos, skewed reality.

Newfound lens, clarity.

Truth, crystallized.

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