A Lifelong Curiosity

The lifespan of a naked ape.

I woke in the dawn 
I picked the leaves
I plucked the fruit
I hunted the beasts
I tamed the flames 
I daubed the wall
I walked the earth
I sowed the land
I harvested the grain
I reaped the bounty
I gathered for gods
I marked the stick
I worked the clay 
I charted the stars 
I dug the deep
I shaped the ore
I crossed the desert
I followed the tides 
I brought wonders from afar 
I struck the bargain
I conquered the weak
I spread the word
I polished the glass
I glimpsed the depths
I saw the pattern
I tested the limits 
I measured the hours 
I passed the days
I played the games
I wrote the rules
I cured the sick 
I stretched for truth
I tasted doubt
I tasted you
I made new life 
I touched the heavens 
I made numbers dream
I left my trace 
I laid me down 
I closed my eyes 
I fed the earth 
I was no more