Someone
left code
written
in the super computer,
so that
it will never
run the same.
We all leave
a few lines
changed.
Perhaps the universe
runs more like
a cluster,
a network of processors
rather than
one super computer,
and each of us
is a processor.
You
are never forgotten
if you left
a change
in the system’s
operation.
-R. L. Jackson
This poem really expands the mind..hope we can all make those changes
ReplyDeleteThe first stanza made me smile. It's amazing how code changes based on who writes it and sometimes it works and sometimes it takes down the entire system. We are all just pieces in a complex structure but not everyone working to the same purpose but everyone's piece is vital to the system running.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea we are processors, working off one main computer. Leaving our words to track our passage.
ReplyDeleteI find this comforting in a way, and really it leaves me of a sense of feeling in controlled rather than being controlled by fate itself.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I love the idea of connected threes. It makes storytelling-sense. Then, I'm quite taken by the logic this poem shares, by what its conclusion reminds us to keep in mind.
ReplyDeleteFor sure, never forgotten if you made some kind of change somewhere!! An enjoyable and thoughtful poem.
ReplyDeleteFascinating. Tiny, constant changes that make themselves a permanent structure...
ReplyDeleteIf we are the processors then we can control what we put out there in the universe. Perhaps, with positive energy we can light up that grid.
ReplyDeleteIn control. I am a control freak and the thoughts of being in control. Thst is why I was a chef and why I volunteer my time now that I am retired, I can control the physical hunger in my small part of the universe
ReplyDeleteThank you for reminding us that we each have a function and a purpose. Very interesting form.
ReplyDelete"Perhaps the universe runs more like a cluster," .. I believe so!
ReplyDeleteWhat seems a hundred years ago I took a computer college course in programming (coding?) - never understood it and I think failed the class! I'm sure I'd really blunder the universe if its survival has anything to do with code!
ReplyDeleteGreat title! And what an compelling and layered reflection. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteI, too love the logic and how it drives us to find the threads of gold in our ordinary~
ReplyDeleteWell Done
unique style and thoughtful ideas
ReplyDeleteYes, they go together beautifully, as a progression.
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