Ergo sum - Shakespeare's Monkeys

ergo sum

Descartes thought
therefore he was
not me
I have thought
sadly

Socrates was more bitter
than the hemlock
he drank so piously
while he thought
of moments whisked away
in the dusts of time.

my thoughts are not so big
nor am I

yet

i am.

Kat -
I've read a number of your poems, and am impressed with the range of voice you use......but I especially like this one, of the ones I've read.......to write of both Descartes and Socrates yet remain so 'accesible' with the meaning is difficult, yet you do it very well......"I have thought sadly" is especially poignant......and the ending lines are authentic and contemplative without becoming too sentimental: "my thoughts are not so big/ nor am I/ yet/ I am"......a speck of dust in the universe still exists.....a valuable thing to believe of oneself and others.....Kat

Alcuin of York -

I was going to say something like, "Definitely one of the better of your 'dregs' category..." In fact, it doesn't even belong with most of them. This is very good, while most of those others are indeed either dregs, or barely readable, or perhaps merely unfinished. While I doubt that Socrates was actually bitter (if we can believe Plato), poetic license is allowed for poets.

The opening lines actually contain some subtle yet profound concepts. The line breaks throughout are uniformly spot on. And finally (and most important) the entire write makes us think, reflect, ponder. In the end, I think that is the most important purpose of writing poetry - to move us.

Alcuin