discover fire

Three and a half years ago I needed a poem. Why I needed the poem is a story for another time. Short story: the poem made more of an impression on me than the woman for whom I needed it.

The poet is Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and the poem is as follows:

Someday after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity,
we shall harness the energies of love. And then,
for the second time in the history of the world,
man will discover fire.

Thanks to the Ferrydust blog for making this poem easily accessible via a Google search.