i
it may be impossible
to verify
that you have a soul.
ii
but it's difficult to
say where
words come from
or, after we hear them,
where they've gone.
iii
& how will we bury all
those forgotten dreams?
& who
will find them? when?
iv
the greeks invented
the word, idea.
they thought it meant
“to see.”
so a blind man may
find his way
in the dark.
v
you can't even tell
for sure
why the sky ends or
the tree begins...
or the roots...