Wednesday 29 July 2015

220: Experiment Earth


Contradictions too vast to contemplate,
here, but not
gone, but here
an end with a beginning, yet ended with permanency
everything the same and yet all changed
life continues, yet simultaneously stops.

What life?

Why is the world turning even now
and grass standing tall where manicured lawn should be?

How can life go on, when life has stopped?

Insignificant!
We are as pollen grains stuck to the hind legs of a bee
carried by vast forces beyond our understanding
vital parts of ecosystem Gaia
individually insignificant
yet potent as a mass.

You are gone and nothing has changed
it is as if, you never were.

These cherished objects, carried lovingly south
will mean nothing when I too depart.

Our tenure here exposed as a hologram
a play from which you exited stage left.

We do not have life
just mechanical functions within a complex machine
demonstrating potentials
power switched on/off at will
gene pool Earth
an experiment in genetics and human nature.

I wonder how we compare to Kepler-452b?

Are we performing well?

What did my Mother’s life
contribute to the collective knowledge?

Me, I suppose.

Will she be recycled, upcycled, reused?

Am I the upcycling?

How will the experiment end?

Questions too vast to contemplate,
I am here, but not
life unreal without you.



Lady Satellite

Tuesday 14 July 2015

219: Loss

Vigorous yet fragile we are naught but energy.
No longer bound to this place, freedom restored you took your leave.
Now fly, run, dance, do all the things you could never do.
We who are left behind, though grieving, happy for you.

Lady Satellite