The Expanse
I am not guided in my descent.
The most important lessons are ones gathered alone,
Devoid of the mind’s detective strings and the soul’s
Desire for a derivative elixir of Knowledge.
I stand in a room that holds everything.
My need for retrospection is trumped
By my position, within the spectacle.
I cannot truly be an observer of myself.
There are beings who do stand on the edge,
Looking in.
I ask how I can get such a power, a magnitude
Within the span of it all, for the World and Beyond
Is always out of my reach.
They respond after a fraction of eternity has passed,
For they cannot travel faster than light.
At the end, they say,
Questions are better than Answers.
Author’s Note: This was inspired after I was watching Lucifer (I know) and I started reading Dante’s Inferno. I was enthralled by the idea of powers bigger than me, but also got to thinking that I am far more entertained pondering the “What if?” rather than finding out everything.
