It’s one thingto create somethingand give a name to your inventionlike a newbornor your favorite mojito recipebut the human tendencyto explore and excavatenaming things once discoveredseems differentI’m not saying it’s easierto travel through spacefor the chance to name a staror to discovera new-to-us insect speciesbut maybe these thingsalready have names when we humanscome upon them I don’t knowI do know I've been discoveringa lot of new things myself latelyabout human natureat least as it plays outin my universe over heredigging up previously unearthedartifacts and gemsa few that scurried awaypreferring to be unexaminedand one or two so brightit was impossible to look at themwith my naked eyebut despite my obvioushuman tendency toward curiosityI feel reluctantto name them
#29 (penultimate!) of 30 Poems In November to benefit Center For New Americans. Today’s theme is STARS.
Sometimes the biggest disappointments come from the "naming" - except that we don't understand that, until after the fact.
ReplyDeleteI really like this poem, how it reads, translates, questions, is curious - and from these lines on:
digging up previously unearthed
artifacts and gems
a few that scurried away - to the ending - what a powerful open-ended closure. Hide and seek, but perhaps, forget the naming and just enjoy the process. Magical lesson to remember.
Thank you! I like how this poem turned out, too. Was thinking about naming stars and this is what came out. :)
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