THE TERRITORY

General Semantics
is not the antics
of those learned
that leave out that reality is only just
interpreted
you cannot use the word
is
except to decry absolute knowledge

To have sensed the material
adds heft to the corporeal
meaning to the portrayal
and yet perception intercedes
and the structure of belief impedes

As a member of a class, clan or creed
what you think you know
is not necessarily what there is to see
silence the mind and the eyes will grow
perception is a cage, observation is the key

the map is not the territory
the word is not the thing
all description is but a story
truth is found in conscious observing

life is a labyrinth
but who provides the cartography
when the accumulation of events
alters perception of reality?

as a group, we tend to agree
but only as a matter of efficiency
until the new gains a foot hold
peripheral actors, outside the bell curve
notice a discrepancy

to speak up, the individual must be bold
it is risky to forego the group dependency
it takes courage to point out that the map is old

this is then how we achieve higher resolution
with each effort the map is more detailed
brave individuals provide the iteration
and the group the absolution

but

the map is not the territory
the word is not the thing
all description is but a story
truth resides only in experiencing

Science says we can know everything
like a jet approaching the speed of sound
innovation...
the waves stack up with each round
but when you drop a rock
does it ever really reach the ground?

this is Zeno’s paradox
as we approach the barrier
within the realms of thought
we hover like a harrier
the opposition cannot be fought

on the other side? a new dimension
together a new narrative
the surface shimmers, under tension
the membrane is thin
we hold hands and together walk in

a whole new world to chart
that if alone we can never be a part

the map is not the territory
the word is not the thing
all description is but a story
find truth in experiencing