We Are Here

poem by: E.J. Waling
Written on Aug 18, 2026

We are
here,
negligible. 
Merely a
mote.
Embedded 
in the
evermore.
Don’t know
how!
Don’t know
why.
Individually
why?
Tossed
from the
abyss 
into the
depths.
Thrashing 
about.
Battling 
ever since.
Too busy 
to notice.
Enveloped.
Quantum 
reality.
Understanding,
beyond 
hope.
Wondering,
what’s the
point?
Purpose.
What 
purpose?
Many 
will say.
Nobody
knows.
What 
to do?
How to
play it?
It this
a test?
Pass,
then
move on?
Who knows?
Unfathomable.
Simply
unfathomable 
with compute
provided.
Generations 
to this
point.
Not much 
longer
to wait!

 

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