Silly Nonsense

By Lev P

It is 60 degrees outside this morning, but it is cold.

I work out, out of breath, but I am shivering.

The air is nowhere near freezing, but uncomfortably brisk.

The energy of those around me reflects all of it.

It is tense.

It is a thin metal chord under incense amounts of weight.

I imagine I can see it starting to snap

from the inside out.

Their weight is placed on a very high shelf

only they can see.

No one seems to bother taking the time

to climb a ladder and explore why

the chord is under so much pressure.

How silly would it be

For a person to ask, and explore, and search, and question.

Instead of taking their first sight, their first thought,

As reality.

Well, that would simply require much more time and energy.

Why would anyone imagine the beautiful butterfly to have relations with the flightless caterpillar?

That would just be silly nonsense.

And still, somebody had questions and wonders and -

Oh! Look how much we have learned.

Little children are in a constant state of learning

So for them, there is no one absolute truth.

Only curiosities.

This process aids learning, kindness, and growth.

Next, they are taught

Their questions, comments, their ideas, and imagines are not very

Smart, not very real, nor are they helpful.

They are all simply silly nonsense.

This too, the children learn.

It is one of the last things they will ever discover.