Feeling my way
through the system.
Fingers lingering
on every piece.
What does it do?
Who created it?
Why does it work?
Thinking that I’ll satisfy
my foolish hunger,
if I just keep my hands on it.
Learn by osmosis,
or divine inspiration
it’s subtle properties.
To the neglect
of other people,
but there’s a system out there
for them, too.
Relegate to submission
my ignorant view of you.
This has been used
for a long time.
Legend says
it was lost
for a while.
Replaced
by scrawling on the cave,
but rediscovered
and it joined us again.
System and technology,
like fire burns
and unifies.
I caress it as it moves,
hoping I can coax
its secrets from it.
Mystery like alchemical,
turning lead into gold.
Turning men into gods.
This is the power
innate within it.
Embrace it fully.
Wild and sophisticated.
Natural and created.
Nothing that I recognize,
but I’m amazed
as I use it.
Change the world with it,
but still don’t understand it,
even with my hands upon it.
HG – 2022
