Two Curious Minds

TWO CURIOUS MINDS

1
TWO CURIOUS minds entwined with the
mind of God
Einstein and Bohr
The debate was difficult
and more
tipsy from decades of argument 
their friendship soared

2
determinism an evil force if 
to be believed by?
refutes all claims of an 
eternal spirit that decides
external scapegoats lay blame
says those without souls

3
and through the window of a 
prestigious institute
a wildly white-haired man 
peered across the campus
and noted a beautiful 
garden next door

4
it belonged to those who had lost
their mind in ways similar to
all those who -- like him tried.
the lunatic asylum could be 
his home if not more

5
back to the blackboard with weapon
in hand, the equation for his madness;
unified field theory
fleeing all sensible manner it hid
as a wolf in his den

6
not a weak heart so his bold heart 
worked and labored 
shredding chalk and sweating drops
of intuition
variables came and left as Mistresses
in his mind

7
the gravity of this situation was to 
marry such forces 
his ill-born child, not just his own--
cried in his arms
papa Einstein fed his baby but would
never put it to bed.

:: ~ ::

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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