Various Complications.
It begins with the singular
Then complicates.
An embryo's worst nightmare
To multiply too many
And discard a familiar friend
So one dies
Love be the perfect poison
For the imperfect
Only the ugly suffer true love.
The world is an atlas
Of invisible physics,
Equations tame confusion
For soldiers of academia
And the poor parachute
Toward calculus without wings.
People observe the sky
Desperate to know the universe
As an owner
But we will always be the servant,
Our greed deserves it
For we still do not understand
That knowledge is a tranquilizer
And most lack the addiction.
<Deleted User> (7164)
Sun 31st Jan 2010 13:20
Deep and affecting.
Cynthi'a comment made me wonder and after some thought, i think it depends on ones perception of 'tranquilizers'.
I know people who swear by them for making them feel better while others think of them as dulling the senses.
I rather liked the last two lines because it's open for the reader to think further than the ending of the poem.
Well done,
Janet.x