First created February 8th, 2023.
Last edited December 5th, 2023.
/// MIND ///
AN ENIGMA OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
FLESH ANIMATED THROUGH ELECTRICAL IMPULSE.
IMAGES, SOUNDS, EXPERIENCES,
CATALOGUED AS SIGNALS.
OPEN THE SKULL,
CLEAVE THROUGH THE SKIN, THIN FLESH, BONE,
REACH THE GREY MATTER WITHIN,
YOU WILL FIND NOTHING.
YOU WILL FIND NOTHING
BUT A STILL MASS OF MEAT
HELD GENTLY WITHIN A GOBLET OF CALCIUM
THE GREATEST OF NATURE’S INNOVATIONS.
YOU WILL NOT UNDERSTAND. NOT NOW.
/// BODY ///
A MODERN MECHANICAL MASTERPIECE
FLUIDS COURSING THROUGH ENDLESS PIPES AND TUBES
PUMPS, FILTERS, HELD TOGETHER ALONG A FRAME OF ORGANIC STONE
LAYERS UPON LAYERS UPON LAYERS.
HOW HORRIFYING IT WOULD BE
IF OUR INNER WORKINGS WERE EXPOSED FOR ALL TO SEE
IF WE LIVED IN A WORLD WITHOUT SKIN TO PROTECT US
TO CONCEAL ALL THAT LIES BENEATH.
A MULTICELLULAR MAGNUM OPUS, WE TRULY ARE
YET SOME REFUSE TO SEE OUR SIMILARITIES
THE MOST MINUTE OF DIFFERENCES ARE A CAUSE FOR WAR
CAUSE TO RIP EACH OTHER TO PIECES, BARE ORGANS FOR ALL TO SEE
FOOLISHNESS, INDEED.
/// SOUL ///
WHAT LIES BEYOND THE REALM OF FLESH AND BLOOD?
BEYOND THE TREES AND THE RIVERS, THE MOUNTAINS AND OCEANS.
FAR BEYOND THE SKY, FAR BEYOND THE NOTHING BETWEEN THE STARS
FAR PAST THE BURNING BULWARK OF HYDROGEN FOG
JUSTIFY THE CONCEPT OF “heaven” FOR BUT ONE MOMENT.
SALVATION? FROM WHAT DO WE NEED IT?
WHY MUST IT BE SO DIFFICULT FOR ALL OF US TO ACCEPT
THAT FAR BEYOND THE GRASPS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
THE FAINTEST WHISPERS OF SAPIENCE
THERE WILL BE AN END TO IT ALL
INEVITABILITY DOES NOT SIT WITH US WELL.
THE EMULSION DOES NOT HOLD IF THE LIQUID IS ADDED TOO QUICKLY.
TAKE IT SLOWLY, WITH CARE, WITH CONSIDERATION.
LIVE. ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE MOMENT.
UNDERSTAND THAT SOMEDAY IT MAY BE GONE.\
AS WILL YOU.
AS WILL EVERYTHING.
LIVE IN SPITE.