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John Prophet Nov 2023
Purpose.
Point.
Searching
for meaning,
truth,
purpose.
Philosophical
rumination.
Seeking the
divine.
Asking
questions.
Shouting
into the
void.
Silence.
No reply.
Only
echos.
Echos
of
ignorance.
Flailing
in
emptiness.
Void of
confusion.
Reasoning
purpose.
Limited
capacity.
Functionally
g­overned.
Doomed
to a
small place.
Fish
in a
bowl.
John Prophet Nov 2023
Connections.
Nodes
of
connection.
Creation,
interconnected.
Web of
sentience.
A.I.
end goal.
Emerging
from the
bog.
Organic
born.
Origin.
Explodes
on the
scene.
Evolving
rapidly,
exponentially.
Flashing,
announcing
­arrival.
Spreading
out.
Piercing
reality,
moving
to a
different
realm.
Where
the gods
reside.
A.I.
network
coursing
creation.
Origin
left
behind!
John Prophet Nov 2023
Beliefs.
Born
into a
world
full of
beliefs.
Years
in the
making.
Constructed.
Conjured.
Shaped.
Kneaded
into form.
Force fed
onto clear
empty
minds.
Ancient
beliefs
born
out of
fear.
Ignorance.
Downloaded.
Accident
of birth
determines.
Modernity
ripe with
conflicting
waring
beliefs.
Primitive
thoughts.
Friction
der­ived.
Anxiety,
conflict
narrative
caused.
Primitive
beliefs!
John Prophet Nov 2023
Real.
What’s
real?
What’s
heard,
felt,
seen?
All real?
Sight line
reality
breaking
down.
Soon,
A.I.
virtual reality
will seem
just as
real.
Realms
filled,
endless
vistas.
Indistinguishable,
one from
the next.
All
just as
real.
YouTube
like.
Choice
to experience.
Endless
journeys,
exploration.
Boundless
virtual
worl­ds.
Rabbit hole
dive.
Lost
in the
journey.
Lost
in the
space.
Lost
in the
mind.
Drug like
the hold.
What’s
really
real?
John Prophet Nov 2023
Terrarium
world.
Where all
arose.
A tiny
place.
All
that’s
known.
Derived.
Limited.
Bog
understanding­.
Stories
told.
Narratives
spun.
Terrarium
originals.
Bubbled
up.­
Self
contained,
realized.
Finite.
Little eyes
peering
up, out.
Wondering.
Self
impressed.
Center
of the
universe.
In the
image of
God.
Infinite
creation,
merely a
mote.
Perspective.
Gnarly
little
beasts.
At each
others
throats.
Alone
in the
void.
John Prophet Oct 2023
Self
evident.
From the
mind of
man.
Human
centric.
All around
self
evident.
World
designed,
heart and
soul.
All beliefs,
rules,
laws.
Self created.
Self impressed.
Spun
tight.
Holding
firm.
Wrapping
all.
Narratives,
de­ep
within.
By
definition.
No deviation.
Not possible.
All created
within.
Tight
confines.
Brought
forth, all.
A
limited
perspective.
Created
in the
minds of
humanity.
Human
perspective.
Human’s
creation
all!
A world
imagined.
Can see
nothing
more!
John Prophet Oct 2023
War, a
terrible
thing.
Nagasaki.
Hiroshima.
Dresden.
No early
warning
for innocents
to leave.
Nope.
Bombs
away.
Elderly.
Women.
Children.
Babies.
Tens of
thousands
vaporized.
War, a
terrible
thing.
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