Sonnet On Philosophy.Sonnet 07

7. The Ghost in the Machine (Philosophy of Mind / Dualism)We map the firing neurons in the brain,And trace the chemical paths of our delight.We code the physical impulses of pain,In flashing synapses across the night.Yet where within this grey, material mass,Does the subjective experience reside?The smell of pine, the greenness of the grass,The secret griefs we choose to keep inside?No lens can capture the observer's gaze,No scalpel carves the thinker from the thought.We wander lost within a physical maze,Chasing a ghost that never can be caught.For matter cannot feel, nor science find,The hidden spark that separates the mind.