To What End?

All the energy in the world

In a tiny dot

A spec - whatever they call it

That is how it began

This universe of ours

Time started, motion began

They married at an early age

If such a union could be automated

Think of the power

So we rigged thermostats

Opened valves

Fashioned joints

That work

While we sleep or dance

We learned of the great swaps

Between high and low pressure

Darkness and light

Gravity and mass

All in the plan

Now safely back on the shelf

All these eyes - seeking

Finding - finally thinking

What do we say to the animals? 

The same thing we say to one another

When we are most emotional

We join hands

Share bread

And walk across open battlefields

Carrying the same guns

To what end?