In the beginning not a single sound,
only the action of the hopeful wise
who add together, in a sole surmise,
the meanings of air, and water, and ground.
Whatever fluids, or solids, surround
is real, and visible to normal eyes;
but what contains the actual surprise
is what we can retain, but not impound.
The secret message that lies softly curled
in inmost chamber of the beating heart
teaches each of us how we must survive
in this new, rough, intractable, hard world.
Achievement is the solitary art
that keeps the ordinary sort alive.
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