Atom of Us
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:54 pm
I wrote a poem while at work, sorry if it isn't iambic pentameter or whatever parameters are placed on poetry. I wrote it as a challenge to myself to start with a sentence about the 'atom of philosophy'. So here it is:
I quest for the atom of philosophy,
A parallel to what the scientist has found.
The artist’s atom is his admirer’s glee,
Hidden in a painting or sculpted from sound.
To have an eternal sliver of uncertainty
Hidden underneath all that there is
Will hopefully keep our views dogma free
And shield our souls from evil hubris
The certainty of a minds best pondering
Appears solid as steel on the surface
But just as this steel is made mostly of nothing
So the best of ideas are possibly misplaced.
What’s on the canvas but smudges of liquid
Or the atom of a blade but a ball of dimension
And a book full of thought is dull and insipid
Seen through a looking glass are these views I mention
Since it’s only seen this way if a person is half blind,
For on the wrong end of a blade one will still die
And books with bad words can enslave the mind,
And a painting by a master can bring a tear to your eye
I quest for the atom of philosophy,
A parallel to what the scientist has found.
The artist’s atom is his admirer’s glee,
Hidden in a painting or sculpted from sound.
To have an eternal sliver of uncertainty
Hidden underneath all that there is
Will hopefully keep our views dogma free
And shield our souls from evil hubris
The certainty of a minds best pondering
Appears solid as steel on the surface
But just as this steel is made mostly of nothing
So the best of ideas are possibly misplaced.
What’s on the canvas but smudges of liquid
Or the atom of a blade but a ball of dimension
And a book full of thought is dull and insipid
Seen through a looking glass are these views I mention
Since it’s only seen this way if a person is half blind,
For on the wrong end of a blade one will still die
And books with bad words can enslave the mind,
And a painting by a master can bring a tear to your eye