Beyond the Grid

1.

Whenever the truest edge doesn’t hold,
Another existence it does belie.
When causality is a broken line,
Unseen variable has cracked the mold.

Simple cause and effect gets in trouble
Abstruse patterns underlie life’s events.
Straight Euclidean angles and tangents
Reveal deep truth when they twist and bubble.

Infinite weaving of the light and dark,
That from which all matter derives its form, 
That from which all shades and colors are born,
Folding, animated by unseen spark:

Zero Point made of unbound potential.
Infinity in nothing, essential.

2.

A cause contains more than it alleges.
If all you can see are random events,
Assume that it must be coincidence
Occam’s razor it seems has two edges

The surface, outer manifestation
The solid, visible three dimensions
Concentrate, more enters your attention:
Substance beyond the realm of sensation.

Bursting through material pretension,
What unimaginable things are hid
Beyond the visible Cartesian grid
To unfold from another dimension?

The depth remains unseen, passes us by
Except in dreams, when the mind’s eye can fly.

3/23/16
Hybrid Italian/Shakespearean Sonnets
Abba cddc effe gg (x2)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Arnone Avatar
August 8, 2016 at 9:00 AM
Interesting format, the Italian sonnet. Will have to try it, one day. Had to look up, Cartesian grid. We are blind, I agree, to hidden physical/spiritual mysteries....
Quigley Avatar
August 8, 2016 at 10:19 AM
Thanks, Tom!
Turner Avatar
March 23, 2016 at 8:07 PM
Things aren't always as they appear to be. Every story has two sides with underlying factors we can't see. Be open minded to all possibilities. Understanding is not always guaranteed nor feasible:):) I can dig it. Peace my friend. Really intelligent write.:):) I'll bet that took some time!
Quigley Avatar
March 23, 2016 at 9:56 PM
Thanks, Daniel!
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