It Takes a Lot of Work

​It takes a lot of work, it’s not
Just standing on the roof, to gain
Wisdom, it takes veins and arteries,
It takes a horizontal plane,

It takes a city grid including
Plane trees and maple seeds, 
It takes the center of a planet,
A patient sage amidst the Medes.

The center of the computer flashes
Signals to the motherboard, 
Outside, a shadow passes, and
The rain begins, the scent stored

In the grass and sidewalk spreads,
And the light seeps through the cloud,
Till the jittery raindrops cease
And you’re silent in the crowd.