Shape Of Legacy

Legacy
communicates
through being
entirely what it is:
it has no need to speak
of itself, it does not need
interpreters, it has no desire
to be explained, it stands there 
and says nothing, maybe it beckons
a bit, but no more, stands there mute
demanding nothing except acceptance, 
contains revelation, offers complexity and
shadow along with illumination, tells no story,
the pyramid of its existence is its entire message,
complete, allows entrance without a map, is sturdy, 
is cool to the trembling touch of those who would know more
but will not reveal itself unless they are willing to climb it as it is
from broad base to tip-top view down over what has been scaled,
and then it waits for them to say how terrifying that view is, that they’re
unworthy, will build their own with this knowledge – but first, they need to come down.