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THE UNKNOWN

Lauren E. Munroe

He clings to science,
the cold code of zeroes and ones
and I
to nature and possibility
still, he assumes that I grow weary,
from him denying the existence of the Soul

unnecessary energy
trying to create a hereafter
fearing the inevitable end
entities arising from our last breath?
We should just enjoy our time in the flesh

I remain silent
his eyelids narrow before widening
leaning in uncomfortably
intimidating
and angry because the masses believe in the unseen
demanding humanity abandon
all belief in the Soul
accept the science and cold code

I thank him for his point of view
yet, I remind him that we don’t possess
absolute answers
I recognize science and the Soul
the human mind seeks truth within knowledge

and perhaps existence seeks the same thing
to get closer to the unknown of itself
existence extended as Souls
carried around in flesh
gathering feeling, experience
knowledge

to gather what we can
before time abandons us
we burst forth from the flesh
and return to the unknown
our Souls etched with proof
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