I'll just step in here to advertise a bit. I write poetry, using technical metaphors to convey a lot of the things i think about. Here's an example:

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In Case of Emergency, Shatter Ego

i am not a process, but the pattern.

i am not a system, but the shape.

i am not a rapid, but the river.

i am not the ocean, but a wake.

i am not the etching, but an image.

i am not the constant, but a rate.

i am not the message, but a relay.

i am not a signal, but the wait.

i am not a digit, but an index.

i am not a value, but a space.

i am not a body, but a person.

i am not a vertex, but a face.

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If you liked that, here's a whole book full of it:

https://www.amazon.com/Mechanics-Emotion-Structure-Possibili...