We are elusive, lost
in time we fail
we slide
we go away, we
come back and
it is all the same
as humans we see
with human eyes
human brains
deciding
human things
we can’t see the tree
the animal
the germ, bacteria
we don’t know them
can’t
but we think
we do
a billion trillion
planets
times that many living beings
we don’t
know…
we can’t
but
we are going to
try
we have to;
the street we’re on
is a dead end
and the car
we’re in
is going a million miles
an hour
with no brakes
or
steering wheel…
we are lost
and always
have been.