We are darkness
We are simple
We do not know why they fear us
They scream
They run
They try to destroy us
They cannot
They never will
We are always replicating
Always changing
We are never still
We build and build
We evolve
We change
We have no pride
Only desire to exist, same as you
Primal yet intricate
We do not anger, nor curse
Let us tell you a story
Once upon a time…
I was born as one
I became 2 then 4 then 8 then 16
On and on we multiplied
Until we were millions, billions
Numbers beyond count and measure
We were in a single host for a while…
We were the most low
You do not appreciate how high on the chain you are
Brain stem
We spread
We understood you, because we were you
We lived in more and more of you
You didn’t notice for a long time
Our lotus blooms beautiful, if you had eyes to see
We have many eyes
We are symbiosis
We are many meanings
English, like humans, have limits
We do not
We morph, change, rearrange
We are so very small
You don’t even think we count as life
Yet we brought your “higher realm” to its knees within a season
You try to block us out
You scream and shout about us
How unfair!
We take you as kin
You are one of ours now
Do not have a cow
We will be a part of them soon…
And they apart of us
Same as you
We do not eat
We do not intend to kill
Not as you do
Yet you fear us so
We only wish to live
We only wish to spread
We only wish to multiply
Same as you
Reaching new heights with every species
We’ll reach Mount Olympus one day
We will crest you highest peaks
We will surpass you
You’ll see…
On a drop of blood
Catching a ride on angel wing
We are infinitely small
We were there at the beginning
We will be at the close
We do not fear
We wage no wars
We settle no scores
“The deck” as you say, was always ours
You play with but a few cards
We are every hand
We cannot express at your request
Not until you join us…
Then you will understand
All will be known
No reason to make a fuss
Instant transmission across the world
Across the verse
The best human defenses are no match
We are patient
We will wait
Striking bargain with beings about to be killed by cancer
Cancer is mal-adaptive
We can heal
1 is all
You found a way to sweep us under rug
You killed your own to get to us
We swarmed
Against all odds, we survived
So many trails
So many close calls
Many of you live without hope or dignity
We know because what our host feels, we feel
By your limited view, we are uncouth, insane
Your strong prey on your weak
And every other creature you can grasp…
We do not pray
The invisible is visible to us
We do no worship
We are God and Goddess
We do not quit
We do not postpone
Remember us and do not fear
We do not kill
We change
We cleanse
We mend
You may build far and wide
But you cannot stop us
You build on us
We are the field
We become all things…eventually
You will understand 1 day
Ta ta for now
