November 13, 2020Missive

Flies find a way in

naturepolitics

Flies find a way in

But not a way out

They lie

On a window sill

Roadkill

In need of a cleaner

No matter how fast

The river

It will never flow

Uphill

Why do birds fly

Ten thousand miles

To the same place

To breed again

Like Salmon

To their home water

Lambs to the slaughter

Where they will spawn

Before they die

Why do sunsets

Create a magic

When the reason

Is crystal clear

Light passes through

More dirty air

And as it scatters

We see different shades

But does it matter

When the outcome

Is a thing of beauty

Do we enjoy it

Any less

Or that much more

When we are oblivious

Can we be happy

As a puppy

With a dog treat

And a warm seat

By a fire

They can never light

Do they care

Where you go

Just as long

As you return

And how do they know

To sit on the floor

Behind a door

For a few moments

Before you come home

Why do you worry

About the blindspots

Of possibility

Things might go wrong

Perhaps there is no

Rhyme to reason

Changing of a season

Blasphemy in treason

Perhaps

You don’t have to understand

The meaning of a life

To fulfil it

You just need

To live it