What Came Before

Isn't it interesting,
how so many things
simply work?
How so many things
seem to fit in place
flawlessly?
We walk through streets,
through halls,
through open doors,
and we don't bump 
into a thing. 
We drive cars,
ride bikes,
in a system that is
so perfect. 
Was it always
so perfect?
Were there times 
when people wouldn't
know to wait in line 
at a coffee shop?
Were there times 
when cars wouldn't
know to stop as 
the light turns red? 
Were there times 
when musicians wouldn't
know to stop playing during a rest?
I have so many
questions,
dying questions,
about the time before ours,
but the possibilities are great. 
There must be so much 
to learn about what
came before us.