All I know
is all I know —
just quasi-growth
within rigid parameters.
But an unseen show
in constant flow,
underlying and subtle,
expands the diameter
of my narrow, choking focus.
Prodding, poking, "Invoke us!"
nag the words upon the script.
And so, I peel back the physical layers
of the Earth and delve into the crypt
where the embalmed and all-seeing
soul of the world watches over the encrypted
code.
Shifted nodes on the web
bounce back into place, flow and ebb,
as noise dissolves into noise,
as blur fades into blur,
prime subject is presented
front and center.
Gaia went and spent her
indomitable will —
an infinitesimal fraction of it,
at least —
to teach me
that I must always be learning.
What grace, that old, capricious witch,
lifted her hand just to flip the switch
on my dummy thick brain.
Reactivated,
I swear, this reminder's not in vain.
In a blink,
returned to the surface,
I feel the pins-and-needles
sense of purpose,
that prickly chill of the greater good.
It's out there somewhere,
in the cloisters of the wood,
sharing water with the trees.
And here, too,
in concrete havens,
which harbor heroes and cravens,
and every intermediate shade —
we borrower beings, whose dues are paid
in some way or another.
I see I,
you see you.
In every eye,
the desire to eschew
the masochism of individuality.
to seal the schisms with melted gold,
restoring misguided plurality
to the vigilant and compassionate
one
whose scars, in time, will fade.
About the Creator
Jacob Sherman
The desire to read, and perhaps to write, should be cultivated and nurtured with care throughout every stage of life. For my part I will inject what strangeness and truth that I can into our written history. Expect no constants but honesty.
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This is the Jacob Sherman I came to see! And this little gem will sparkle in me for a long time kudos brother!