I encountered the world

I encountered the world    
from a point outside on which lay
an axis
what darkness   
of space
not the darkness of space
perhaps as children who were
abandoned to forests
to be reared at a wolf’s
fangs, jaws,                 
and a touch or a sound restores
after many years,
humanity
(loss that shapes itself in an instant
into a framework of consciousness)
yes
perhaps it was the same moment
(that is, it was
a similar one)
and the world said, come in
the world said, airports, metal
rails and electricity
I said, no
I said –
no.
And the world said, kneel
the world said, sex!
I said, no
no.
And the world said, sleep out my wine 
the world said, cities
great and walled.
I said, no
I said – nil.
The world said, superposition, man, the wisdom  
of old age,
I will be
the door, I will be actuality.
I said, no
from a point outside
before the axis, I said  
no
no    
let me be
and the world said, look here now
while speaking, how much     
of you I have, how much
of you is
here.

I encountered the world