The Great Invisible
Did you suspect the quark, in the dark knit-work of matter?
Did you unravel the mysteries of the pyramids?
Did you guess the coral, seahorse and pearl, in the waters deep?
Did you identify the drowning children behind their desks?
Did you glimpse the nuclear explosions of the sun?
Did you see the malice behind the sparkling smile of the nun?
Did you watch the radiation give the village cancer?
Did you know that shy girl would grow up to be a pole dancer?
Did you sense that as below, so above?
Did you weep for the 'worms' killed by the 'dove'?
Did you see him slowly destroyed by the secret parasite in his gut?
Were you the one who helped the drunkard out of that rut?
Did you imagine the diamonds in the black coal of filthy hillside?
Didn't you say there's nothing behind the surface of the mind?
Didn't you invite the Trojan Horse into the city?
Didn't you say at the crucifixion? 'goodbye poor man, that was a
pity!'
99.9% of life is invisible.
And yet you think you have me all cut and dried?
Copyright © Max Lewy | Year Posted 2020
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