Harbor Minds
by Michael Doyle

Like dolphins on an Aegean journey
Began the seeds of ancient Greek philosophy
Some germinating into full-bloomed thought
Others leave more room, yet to be sought

One notion after another brought sight to the blind
One motion after another for the good of mankind
The whisper is that Phoenicians were the first
To dive into the waters of unquenchable thirst

Seeking knowledge, the curious monkeys quested
For idea after idea that could not be bested
There, as the words blew across the Aegean Sea,
The travel of systematic thought began for you and me

It's hard to believe that our world turned to pessimism
After knowing we have sprung from people of optimism
Unafraid to travel and to seek out other hearths
While sharing a world of thoughts and unspoiled mirth

This, then, is and was the free-wheeling spirit of transaction
As worms with wings began to chase us in our interactions
And we came to question until we chased these into answers
Proving that our dolphins laugh across the waves as dancers

That one by one joined with humanity in our initiation
That began the raveling of thoughts laid as the foundation
Each of these expressed in their simplicity and complexity
Came to be joined together in degrees of uncertain reliability

(c) May 23, 2024    Michael Doyle
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