Poem: "The Transformation of Elements"

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today's first freebie poem was inspired by siliconshaman and concerns the relationship between mystical elements and states of matter, between matter and energy, and between ideas of the past and the present.

The Transformation of Elements

Matter and energy can be neither created nor destroyed,
only transformed.

When first our ancestors began to contemplate

Comments

[jenny_evergreen]

Ohohoh! I love this one!!!!

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm glad to hear that.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

I have been thinking of Solid/Earth, Liquid/Water, Gas/Air for many years. I think I originally had Fire as "chemical transformation." When I looked at this version, I thought about how our understanding of "the elements" has changed over time, but it is still based on the components of the material world ... perceived through the mind's eye. So there you have it.