# Distortions

By [work in progress](https://paragraph.com/@wendyeatworld) · 2022-05-23

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    You saw fire and imagined a home
    You saw cattle and imagined a settlement
    
    You saw a weapon and imagined your throne
    You saw a sign and imagined a testament
    
    You saw a woman and imagined ideal love
    You saw a child and imagined a dynasty
    
    You had an idea and imagined an opus
    You saw your reflection and imagined autocracy
    
    You saw some ore and imagined an industry
    You saw code and imagined singularity
    
    You heard a note, imagined a whole symphony
    You saw a moment and imagined eternity
    
    Imagination convinces you it’s real.
    To not have it is to have lost
    
    Something you’re already convinced you own
    Which you value above all cost.
    
    Our minds create our realities
    Our spirits committed to the cause.
    
    The culprit of the distortions is hidden
    Our ancestors inherited from the gods.

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*Originally published on [work in progress](https://paragraph.com/@wendyeatworld/distortions)*