Somehow the eternal purposes, the clashing
the rise and fall of beings
of bodies both great and small, of life
which clamors and fights a sacred fight -
only to be consumed.

yet the atoms, proteins, articulated structures
and complex molecular puzzles - fragment
but then go to contribute to something more.
all happiness and sadness, felt and contained
and the breath of one life passes, and a new life is born.

i have sensed the pain, weekness, suffering,
the joys of my races and the joys of the fish in the sea.
dolphins, who lay down their war strategies,
of surrounding prey-
to jovially explore their curiosity of me.

i see them glide and turn, their presence and their power magnificent.
they see me a mystery but, too, recognize a like intelligence of complex forms.
for a brief moment we are bonded.

the world turns on a gyre, the universe is exploding,
and the setting sun sets the clouds on fire.
Easily its in you and me,
its nearer and further,
realized and unrealized,
frail but untamed,
pure and unenlightened.