Character.
Meaning?
Existence.
Life.
Consciousness.
Meaning?
Odds­ of
personal
existences?
No odds,
incalculable.
Point.
What’s the
point?
Any?
Moment.
Just a
moment.
Firefly
flash!
What
to do?
How to
spend,
behave?
Sit,
wait,
watch?
Fade away?
Help.
Hurt.
*** of
gold,
brass ring.
Conquer.
Destroy?
Create?
Heal.
Contemplation.
Write.
Sing.­
Dance.
Help.
Befriend.
In the
end,
nothing
passes
through.
All
remains
behind.
To what
end?
Meaning.
Singular
reflections.
Personal
character,
or lack
thereof?
All that’s
left behind,
individual
ripples
forever
in time!

Bits and
bytes.
Connection.
Knowledge.
Human
knowledge.
Accumulates
bi­t by bit.
Slow build.
Slow,
time
intensive
development.
Uneven.
Fits and
starts.
New way.
Melding.
Melding
with
technology.
Internet
tap.
Integration.­
One
with the
web.
Cloud
absorption.
Instant,
universal
knowledge.
Access
w­ith
thought.
Light
speed
interactions.
Global
exchange.
Mind to
mind.
Brave
new world.
Dawn of
Techno Sapiens.

Dragon.
Wings
high
above.
Slashing
through
clouds.
Circling.
Emer­ging
from the
storm.
Humanity
unsuspecting.
Onslaught
on the
horizon.
Devastation
nears.
Dragon’s
fire.
Searing
flame
tech­nology.
Cleansing,
altering
the way.
Once it
arrives.
Nothing
survives.
Remains
the same.
Dragon’s
breathe
zeros
and ones.
Altering,
rearranging
the way.
Technological
red eyed,
green
scaled
dragon.
Here to
stay!

A.I.
Good
or bad?
Human
nature,
good or
bad.?
Both!
A.I.
will change
the world.
Humanity’s
conflicts
raging still.
For many,
“The ends
justify
the means”.
History
shows
humanity’s
lust for
power.
Utilizing
all available
tools,
weapons
to attain
such.
Weaponizing
for chosen
results.
As with
the “bomb”,
one actor
rules the
world.
Same with
A.I.
Boundaries
pushed to
attain
dominance.
Control!
Human
nature.
Same
as it’s
always
been.
For some,
the lust
for
power
knows no
bounds.

Endless
voyage.
Worlds.
Personal
worlds.
Boundless
worlds.
Create­d.
Personally
designed.
Mind
bending
realities.
Virtual
in nature.
Essentially
real.
Mind,
senses
adjusted.
One
indistinguis­hable
from
the rest.
Rabbit
hole
dive.
Deeper
and
deeper.
Spiraling.
Perspective­
lost,
never had.
No going
back.
Hold
tight.
Endless
voyage.
Not
one and
done.
Infinity
awaits!

Middle way.
Pendulums
swing.
Back and
forth.
Left,
right then
back
again.
Short
sighted
thinking.
Victories
had.
Push
to extremes.
Then back
again.
Up then
down.
Left then
right.
Upheaval.
Over and
over.
Human
nature
playing
out.
Civilization
teeters
as a
result.
Maturity
needed.
Compromise.
Not us
versus
them.
Enlightenment
required!
The
middle way,
is the
way.

Stories.
So many
stories.
Layer
after
layer.
Building.
Piling
up,
deep.
Histo­ries
foundation.
Stories
designing
beliefs.
Generation
to generation.
Ancient
story tellers.
Dogmatic
integration.
Civilization’s
mythos
built.
One story
at a time.
World
view
generation.
Modernity
teetering
on sandy
foundations.
Ancient
narratives,
beliefs
influencing
still.­
Hard to
let go,
reconfigure.
Simple
speak.
Easy
to believe.
Hard to
dislodge.
Stories,
ancient
narratives
not people
rule the
world.