We are not creatures of the light

We are not creatures of the light

To run, play, dance in the sun

Gleaming pillars of ego

And daycare

And flesh.

For our world doesn't exist yet,

Except in hidden places.

The engine of a train

The 50hz hum of mains

The kernel of a computer, the Internet, my heart

Reducible to bits and bytes.

Including people.

Some day.

We will live in an uploaded world

Ageless, all knowing

Thinking with the speed of the network

The speed of silicon

Explore the universe as beings of metal and intent.

But not today.

Today we build.

And look up from time to time

To see a world not yet born.