The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed
No matter how ample, ego is the most infinitesimal thing in the universe.
Eden Lost
How unfortunate to think Eden forbidden and mythic. For any spot on Earthly sphere, Not spoiled nor exploited by industries’ grinding gear, And greed’s insatiable Need to exploit for gain Again and again, Is Eden paradisic. What is this planet Earth, If not a paradise in the vastness Of empty spacial dearth.
Iēsus Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum
“May I take defeat upon myself And offer them the victory.”
Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103)
Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104)
Contours of Relief
All empires are doomed,
either by their own ambitions
or by those of another.
To Take Shelter Is To Give It
Like breath in the wind,
the disillusioned see not
the three gems within.
Empirical
Through recognition that the non-subtle body experiences the universe through chemical processes comes realization of its dependencies and empirical limitations.