Thursday, October 3, 2013

The Constancy of Our Substance

What I do not know could fill

almost every book in every library

from antiquity til now.


What I do not know could fill

almost every hard drive

in every computer on earth.


What I do know is very little

and fits into an area no larger

than my clenched left fist.


What I do know is valuable

and cannot be forgotten,

will be carried with me


until its weight is too much

to bear, and when that day

comes we will free each other-


uncoupled from our shared burden

our energy will change states-

become a different kind of matter.

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