Move., click, crawl through dark unspun,
where light forgets what it’s become.
Each grain a law, each step begun
before the birth of any sun.

They build where gravity takes hold,
their bodies small, their patience cold.
From photon dust, their towers rolled,
a silence carved, a faith retold.

No queen, no hunger, no command,
just structure where no foot can stand.
They weave the black, they thread the strand,
their anthem stitched through falling sand.

Crawl, move, click eternal, slow,
through currents only nothing knows.
Each orbit hums, each passage glows,
each mandible dissects what grows.

They shape the void to keep it still,
their motion bound to nameless will.
When stars collapse, they labour still
a rhythm older than the thrill.

Click, crawl, move till time is done,
till all dimensions merge to one.
The last equation overrun,
their order hums where none begun.

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11 responses to “Horizon Hive”

  1. Flame's Crucible Avatar

    I love this. Creation itself is built from service, every structure sustained by it. I would call it a labor of love, but without hierarchy, it feels more like taking my place in the universe and serving, and that’s a beautiful feeling to be drawn into.

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    1. D. H. Jervis Avatar

      Thats a lovely interpretation.
      I like that idea. Service to the universe and ones place in it.
      That really would be the ultimate labour of love.

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      1. Flame's Crucible Avatar

        So true. It is the ultimate labor of love. You are very good at seeing a much broader picture than I do. I learn from it.

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      2. D. H. Jervis Avatar

        Don’t sell yourself short.
        There’s wisdom in your words and I learn too ❤

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      3. Flame's Crucible Avatar

        Thank you. ❤️ Yours is a more external and vast perspective. Mine tends to turn inward. It’s a different perspective that I appreciate.

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  2. Heather Mirassou Avatar

    Such natural rhythm and rhyme. You definitely dance on your keyboard when writing your poetry!

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    1. D. H. Jervis Avatar

      Thank you. You are most kind.
      I do fall off occasionally 😉

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      1. Heather Mirassou Avatar

        That’s so funny!

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These poems are moments pulled from the folds of everyday life, memory, myth and imagination. They are invitations to pause, to notice, and to enter the spaces between words.

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