A Pocketful of Poesy was and is again a Poem-a-Day(-on-Average) Blog! For 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and now for 2017 and going forward, you may expect to see 365 poems every year, 366 for leap years.

but aren't they all random?

Friday, May 08, 2020

"systems of caring"

We don't know you, but we care about you
because we can. We've worked out how
to care without knowing. Thought about people
a lot, and what they like. Designed systems
up from scratch according to plan, and we hope
you'll use them to find some joy. Some peace,
some way to connect with those - who we also
don't know. Because we can't.
But because we do, we care
that you chose
to connect with them
through this means of ours.
A human endeavor, to justify
relate and share
in unnatural ways
all the natural and unnatural
things with which we dot
the sky like stars,
and hook up constellations by
to steer and guide so many lives
who'll never know how much we care.
A thankless task, you're welcome though.
We do it not for praise or thanks, but
simply that we care so much
for you who we won't have
to know.

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