Thursday, January 16, 2025

WITNESS

From djinns 
in the attic, 

to the thick 
of quantum physics, 

it seems, over 
centuries, many 
have agreed: 

to be 
is only to be 
perceived; 

nothing is anything
until it has been seen. 

Perhaps this is why 
we speak at all 
to those we meet, 

taking turns 
talking terms in hushed 
tones on the streets. 

It's as if we 
must first be 
proven to exist 

in order 
to believe.