Drop

John Prophet

We are
custom made.
Custom made
for this
place,
from this
place.
What we
know,
who we
are,
what we
think,
indigenous.
Springing up
from the
core,
squeezing 
through
the rocks,
out of the
mud.
Primordial scream!
Our senses,
how we relate
predetermined
by this place.
Every fiber of
our being
determined
by a mote of
dust lost
in infinity.
Programmed
by uncertainty.
Following instincts
layered
onto our
souls.
Believing
we are free.
Free in a prison,
a preprogrammed
prison on a mote
in a void.
Life in a
drop of water.
All we consider
significant
isn’t.
Here,
is where
we bubbled
up.
Here,
is where we’ll
dry up.
A puff 
of dust
in the breeze.
A blow to
the ego
this is.
A little
more humility
surely applies.

  • Author: John Prophet (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: January 18th, 2020 23:58
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Nicholas Browning

    Wow, how very true. Everything means nothing, and vice versa. There is meaning in all things, yet at the same time everything is meaningless. This is a nice write. Two thumbs up.



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