A Researcher

I was once an active researcher. My identity, perhaps, lived in the visible rhythm of creation. But with time, my inquiry changed its form. The questions have not stopped, they have simply gone inward.

Instead of patterns in data, now I look for patterns in thought. The curiosity has remained, only the direction has changed. I still like to remain in touch with wonder. I hear less of outer noises. I hear more of inner echoes.

It tells me that motion and stillness are intertwined.

Activity and dormancy are temporal states. Now I study time, self, and memory, instead of molecules, machines, or models. The instruments may have changed, researcher I remain. The instruments are subtler: reflection, remembrance, and insight.