Monday, February 24, 2025

In the Basement of the MIT Library at 3 in the Morning

In the farthest corner,
where the air is thick with dust,
lies the ancient catacombs,
where books decay on wooden shelves,
tired spines with cracked leather covers,
and once-gold lettering
blackened with time.

Beneath a background buzz of fluorescent lights,
forgotten ink expounds long-disproven theories,
margins marked by curious hands
that once craved understanding.

I lose myself among ruins of bygone discoveries,
where Maxwell’s pen once conjured cosmic storms,
electric arcs and magnetic fields danced
in radiant ballet, a universe unwrapped in shimmering light.
Nature’s hidden script brought boldly alive,
in brittle pages of theories and equations
that still hold true, enabling technology
Maxwell never dreamed.

I sit among the stacks,
thumbing through yellowed pages,
touching the spirit of invention,
giving breath to a past that still lingers,
among guardians of knowledge lost to neglect,
holding secrets like sealed jars
in a dark place no one ever dares to go.

 

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