2002Jan15 (Poem)
An unconditional chemical –
Lord Shiva is a mix
Of hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon.
All matter must be a miracle.
Nothing exists but aberrations.
Reality is a mutation
Of something more pure.
Can love be definable
Through terms of structure
And branched lines?
Nature is infinitely more complex
Than what the mind can conceive.
The arrogance of simplification
Circumvents one’s ability to perceive
The fundamental magic of life,
That it’s more basic
Than can be expressed in words.
Ganesh is just an elephant
Who eats, shits, and bathes.
And yet, water is the source of life –
Hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon.
It’s not static with it’s movements
Everchanging rain, clouds, and ocean.
Shiva, enfolded, bursts forth
Like lightening before a storm…
And of what use is wind?
Chemical interactions
Are the ‘dance of the universe’ –
Not just action and reaction
In some fantasy of balance,
But the substance of the dream itself.
Movement is the only unconditional thing,
Movement and the chemical friction of love.