RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LIFE SONGS
Resistance to Change
There is a natural aversion to anything
and everything different than what is
and what has been for a thousand years
or so it seems to me
In every field of endeavor from the science
of microscopic etymology to the art of
esoteric architecture there is a stubborn
resistance to change
So it is in art and poetry, philosophy and
psychology, religion and mythology,
physics and ecology, quantum mechanics
and sociology
When presented with new and challenging
ideas that break the mold of our thoughts
we resist with all the strength we can gather
for as long as our dams will hold
Little wonder that when the dams give way
the waves of destruction engulf towns and
cities, nations and civilizations, entire
disciplines and cherished schools of thought
vanished in the fog of time
Ever wonder what happened to the alchemists?
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