I Thought A Poem Poem by A.G. Hansen

Which thought will be the truly brilliant?

Any flash can be developed.
With a flicker of light, a secret is exposed.
From a shred of evidence, a solution is revealed.

Any insight can be reduced,
On thin lines of reason that fade to nothing,
To glimmers of truth that dissipate with speed.

This small threading of thoughts exists hardly at all.

And yet, I carefully string these chosen words,
Testing each for power and light, and currents of meaning.
Attempting to charge this poem with life.