Ideas can change history…

And yet,

slippery and evasive,

like water on a hot griddle,

visible,

skittering away, changing as you watch.

As butterflies on a summer’s afternoon

always just out of reach,

knowing that,

to catch and hold them, destroys their

nature.

Approach them from the side

don’t let them know how important they are,

Let them come to you…

settling,

Observe ideas as they pass,

understanding their nature,

and take from them their lessons,

Not their lives.