a tear drop

each generation
believes
they invented everything.
every new thought
is theirs, art
and science,
literature and making
love is something
they came up with.
but this is a good
thing. it keeps
the world
fresh and interesting.
it takes time to
realize that you know
very little of what
this world is all
about, that you hold
only a tear drop
of knowledge of
this ocean.