Chronos

Our little dot on an orbit.
The sundial. The clock. The calendar.
Atoms. Molecules. Democritus' immortality.

Thought and things.
Age. Time. Mind. Movement.

Balance.

Tightrope. Acrobatics.
Center of gravity.
Tricks.

Impact. Consequence.

Here and there.
Here or there.

Velocity.
Acceleration and negative acceleration.
Brakes.

Silence and echolocation.
Waves. Distortions.
Throbbing. Chords.
Music.

Laughter and paroxysms.
Voice box. Vocal chords.

Temperature.
Freeze and burn.
Melt. Evaporate.

Pressure.
Balance.
Sound.

Breath. Expansion of lungs.

Force times distance.
Drive. Engines.
Drive. Motivation.
Work.

Potential energy.
Kinetic energy.
Thought. Movement.

Relativity.

Distance and displacement.
Gravity and impact.
And light.

Spectrum. Colors.
Work.

Physics.
All studied, textbooked physics.

More Vagueness

Glass.

One day, all of a sudden,
Spiderwebbed.

Cracked--
the way the heart is
when it realizes it must beat for itself now.

Intact.

Still Intact.

So fill it with wine again,
With water, with juice.
And drink.

By all means, drink.

But--

Pressure of lips,
lighter now.
Not like before.

Careful.
Very careful now.

As it should be.

Question

If the soul is the human being's core of emotions and all thoughts and all those other things that can lead people astray, without it, with just the spirit and body, would a human being cease to be imperfect?