Dwellings and Tools

Soft light
Evening transitions to night
Axis spin
Day begins

Biology
Psychology
Sociology
Anthropology
All part of who we are

History
Philosophy
Theology
Polity
Perceptions that wax and wane

Africa
Outward migration
Speciation
Consciousness
Socialization
Culturalization
Creativity
Fears
Language
Voices within
Civilization
Power
Control
Us and them
Them and us
Existence
Subsistence
Privilege
Societies rise
Societies tumble
Monuments built
Monuments crumble
Time is dynamic
Humanity is static
Only dwellings and tools have changed

Soft light
Evening transitions to night
Axis spin
Day begins

Paul Cech has been writing poetry since 1970. Several of his poems have been published as Saturday Poems in the Pittsburgh- Post Gazette and the Thomas Merton Center of Pittsburgh has published several of his poems in NewPeople. Read other articles by Paul.