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Before Abraham Was

8/11/2017

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​This is a poem I wrote in 2013. I imagine all of my poetry set to music, though I am rarely able to come up with my own tunes. I am still trying to come up with something decent for this one.

I was going to write a song
It was going to be long

I gave up

How do fluids flow?
How does grass grow?
What makes water freeze?
What makes dogs sneeze?
How does blood clot?
How does food rot?
How do eyes see?
How do we disagree?
Who invented steak?
Who invented taste?
How do bees fly?
How big is the sky?
When was the dawn of time?
Who can name all primes?
Who knows when you lie?
Knows the digits of pi?
How many atoms in your purse?
How many in the universe?
How far to the farthest star?
What really is a quasar?
How many galaxies?
What makes gravity?
What is quantum topology?
What is space-time geometry?

I was going to write a song
It was going to be long
Words are just inadequate
So I gave up on it

I've barely scratched the surface yet

Who let it all go?
Became an embryo?
Came down to Earth?
Lived through a birth?
Covered by goo?
Crying for food?
Bound by space and time?
To ancient Palestine?
No roads paved?
No microwaves?
Limited in sight?
To wavelengths of light?
Surrounded by greed?
Lust, hate, and need?
Misunderstood so?
By both friend and foe?
Striped for you and me?
For his enemies?
Died willingly?
So sinners could be free?
Nailed to a tree?
So they could live in peace?
For all eternity?
Could a greater love be?

Inexpressable
Indescribable
Undeniable

And even this falls too short
I'm just going to stop talking
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