Spinning Tops

ah 
                                                         awake to 
                                                      another year 
                                                floating to the past 
                                          pattern borne fractal motes 
                                     half sentimental annual reflection 
                            half melancholic galaxy disks of fond memory 
                          formulas charted in aerodynamics and bird flight 
                       the language of god in the tumble of a woman's hair 
                        repetitions of solar orbits and underlying equations 
                                 magnify the events of lives lived small 
                                   a sneeze burns old growth forests 
                                       a laugh brings monsoon's rain 
                                         arbitrary acts made sense 
                                               random in selection 
                                                   worlds created 
                                                    history far far 
                                                         too large 
                                                          to truly 
                                                            get
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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