Sum of Parts

(poem, freeform)

At times, I feel more real as a sum of parts, rather than a person.

I am comprised of infinitesimal systems which combine to create still larger and larger systems both concrete and abstract. I, in turn, exist as part of a system yet larger than me.

I am all that came before me, and I am all that shall come after me.

I have no name.

I am but an idea.

For this, I am immortal.

For this, I am indestructible.