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poetry / philosophy / photography

a n a x i m a n d e r

at the harbor of your exploration
you whisper through dust
none should sleep through their nights
under twisting constellations
we become nocturnal animals in training

up and down are relative
as the gravity pulls on our thoughts
the revolution hides in revolutions

in the vigilance of you day
or in a lucid dream of your night
did your pen brush the sand to illustrate

For Anaximander the primal element arkhé was apeiron, meaning eternal, limitless. Anaximander deducted that Earth is a floating celestial body with a shape of a cylinder. Anaximander, we followed your map into abstraction.