Life on earth comes from heat,
whether from the sun or beneath our feet.
And humans know a greater heat
that makes our hearts take jumps and leap.
And for the worms, there is the cool
dank darkness, cold and cruel.
For the gods there is heat still,
the heat of battle upon the hill
which is the human soul, who's heat
Is a man's character, his mete.
Heat's a part of human life,
our bodies, love and even strife.
Life is a matrix of elements aligned.
The elements of life are living in kind.
Water and electricity mix
to create life, and also fix
the many little bits of sand,
minerals, rocks, and the land
into beautiful things, with wing or horn.
What is life before the form?
Do I stand before you dead, self glorified but nothing more today
than an automaton of heat, water, electricity and clay?
whether from the sun or beneath our feet.
And humans know a greater heat
that makes our hearts take jumps and leap.
And for the worms, there is the cool
dank darkness, cold and cruel.
For the gods there is heat still,
the heat of battle upon the hill
which is the human soul, who's heat
Is a man's character, his mete.
Heat's a part of human life,
our bodies, love and even strife.
Life is a matrix of elements aligned.
The elements of life are living in kind.
Water and electricity mix
to create life, and also fix
the many little bits of sand,
minerals, rocks, and the land
into beautiful things, with wing or horn.
What is life before the form?
Do I stand before you dead, self glorified but nothing more today
than an automaton of heat, water, electricity and clay?
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I love the line "what is life before the form?" Your subject matter (heat) is timely.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you pose a question in the last line, and especially such a deep question. I think the word life is a little repetitive in the 7th stanza and you could maybe come up with another word to replace life or living.
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