Pensive

ilian herzi
2 min readMay 7, 2022

--

Love lost, love learned, love found, rainy days, snowy days, sunny days.

Her

Looking into the sunset

What a beautiful site

1 person among many people

1 life among many lifeforms

1 star among many stars

1 galaxy among many galaxies

All interacting

Infinitely complex

Astronomically combinatorial

How big the universe is when looking up

And all I can think about is

1 person

Her

Without whom

My own universe

The one in my mind

Feels empty

And pushes away the universe

Ride

The train comes

The man sticks out his foot

To him the train listens

To him the train bends

In his illusion, the train slows down

In his illusion, he’s in control

The train slows down, when the train chooses to

He walks inside the carriage

The train carries him

And the man believes he made the choice

To ride

The seed

He plucked the scratchy seed off of his sweater

“Thank you!” said the seed, “now I can find a place to grow!”

The boy is enraged at the seed’s mirth

“Why should it have a free ride when I must carry myself”

Says the lonely boy who must carry himself

The boy throws the seed and stomps it into the earth

“Thank you!” said the seed, “now I have everything I need to grow”

The boy digs out the seed and throws it in the trash

“Thank you!” says the seed, “now I can travel the world!”

The boy pauses. The boy sees.

A boy stretches his limbs into the trash and a man places the seed back on his sleeve

Because the man now knows that he was mistaken

All along, he was free riding

On the seed

--

--

ilian herzi
ilian herzi

Written by ilian herzi

Apple ML Engineer, just taking life one idea at a time

No responses yet