it may be impossible

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...