through the bloom
we search for meaning
patterns that run
on more than coding

being plugged in

go ahead; be a cliché

deify an absent father

condemn
a chaotic mother

he died first
it was heroic

she stayed behind
dealt with the mess

everything offers what is most valuable
but there isn't a lot of note in the subtle
there isn't much flash in the sustained

how can she compete with the speed of light
as it bends the spacetime she tries to smooth

why must
she cast a pall

destruction
gives
simulation

meaning

if everything
lasts forever
than everything
becomes
mundane

nothing
will not be caught
it remains
forever rare

White Whale

The white whale, a ghost upon la Mar Corazon
Armed with harpoons, forged by Eros, honed by Mars
Lulling the swimmer to sleep with its song
Drowning with the immensity of its wake

Turning depths from calm to tempest to icy doldrums
Once felt, the white whale won’t be forgotten
Water-logged with longing or barnacled with hate
Alas, just like Ahab, you have no choice but to follow

A maritime will-o-wisp, shifting, submerging
A phantom on a silvery, sinking horizon
The white whale, glimpsed by those who can but gaze
Offered, but like a fist full of brine, forever out of reach

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This is the power of the soft and subtle

The caterpillar to the butterfly
So the ego-bound to the master

The butterfly cannot take to the clouds
With heavy wings

It does not gain its colour
Without first knowing the black

You abort its heights
By grasping at its powdered flight

The butterfly has no interest in decay
Choosing flowers from which to nurse

The stench of decay fades given air
So it is with the ego, the internal foe

Stay still and remain gentle
In time the butterfly will land

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