Poem #8

butterfly effect

people try to figure it all out

math people, philosophy people,

biology people, psychology people

and many, many others

kudos to them for trying so hard . . .

first, try looking up

into the unfathomable sky

impossible to tell how high it is

unless you've been told.

though today it's a blank, blue canvas

you know from experience

that stars hide there.

you could look up how many there are altogether

but you would only find a rough approximation.

who could know all their names?

now, consider the ground.

soil, end product of things long dead

what was sacrificed

for the dirt under your left foot?

who walked here before you were born

and how long ago

and what was going through her mind?

who can guess?

finally, look down at yourself.

your body, performing so many functions

without any conscious thought

and the billions of cells in you

that aren't you.

they just happen to like it there.

how many trillion mistakes

come so close to occurring

that you will never know about?

which long-forgotten childhood experiences

shape your quirks, your ideas,

your sense of self?

it's absolutely impossible

for any one to know these things

yet I still believe

He does.

https://youtu.be/O_GNgZkhKPA

Thanks for reading! ~*