Your guess is as good
Generations of the imagination
manifest in physical expression
or in the parallel world
developed intimately in the mind
when time was less of a burden
figures of speech or drawn
on the surface of rocks
to provide a narrative
of human consciousness
the eye the ear
the hand the mouth
light in the darkness
sound in the silence
choice and shape
all to create
the necessary voice
A rose is a syllable
its beauty caught
in the web of language
but think of this :
who was it and where
did a human being
first sit down and speculate
on the meaning
of the surrounding world
who was the first to dream
and to project
and who was it that decided
that the passage of life
was worth recording
who brought that necessary focus
to bear on the fine detail
the nuances of emotion
the dynamics of desire
and all relationships
and how did the pain
of loneliness
ever begin to plague the heart
and to what do we owe
the gift of love ?
John Lyons