Caverns in Clouds

The symbol’s superficial
In almost every instance.
Even carved, it’s rarely carved

Deep. Mostly nicks, paint, and ink,
Surface patterns, more or less.
At least until binary

Silicon storage machines.
Now the symbols go deeper
Than splatter in tombs or caves.

Symbol’s inaccessible,
Now, without the right machines.
Symbols belong to machines

As microbes to digestion,
As magnetism to Earth,
Mysterious properties

Operating in the dark,
In the core, setting the terms
For the surface of the world.