Sundial

So much not to know
So much not to understand
I can only throw so far 
Into this surrounding pond -
I am limited by my reach, 
The size of my arm and hand
And the land stretches as far
As eyes can scan, the mind imagine,

Can't throw myself
Over the lip, over the edge,
To what is beyond. 

I am bound.
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