Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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May 13th: One Thing I Wish I was Smart Enough to Understand
No one understands everything, but everyone wants to understand something. Spend a little time discussing one of those fascinating subjects which you just don’t get. Why does it interest you? What don’t you understand?
“everything falls apart
as you approach infinity”
-Dr. Lovric
for all your frightening vastness,
you hide in a tiny corner of my mind
my thoughts, like curious children
inch closer, only to flee
no friendly giant, no kind old man,
just a deafening silence that blinds
for all your frightening vastness,
you are more invisible than the indivisible
I hesitate as I draw lopsided loops,
lassos around hollow emptiness,
never capturing more than seductive echoes,
never catching sight of you
for all your frightening vastness,
you are caged in four short syllables
but they say you seep through time and space,
benign beginnings bear no meaning for you,
endings, endless mockeries
you seep through time and space and into me, and etch yourself on the back of my skin. You, who laugh at boundaries, draw one around my ability to comprehend eternity.
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