To Understand

To Understand by Odin Roark How unrelenting the quest To seek the waterhole Beyond the mirage Where the persistent ethereal holds court Determining survival Either to perish Or suspend the next step Perhaps to understand Such stumbles the imperceptible That quixotic hold Our unknown resolve embraces Shackling the moment Seductive anticipation for few Suffering for many Foreplay for some Climactic anticipation for most How provocative This lure to comprehend Yet upon acquired answers Surges the letdown Some might speculate There is no finite knowledge Only the appetite to pursue Our curiosity driven acceptance Savoring intellectual small portions Emotional gorging Mindful drunkenness Exhausted deliverance Knowing it is but an interim To the day’s darkening horizon Perhaps what we choose to believe Some hold as refutable comprehension Is simply that which struggles beyond The empirical benchmark of science The surreal thus far not witnessed A sunrise coming