lifegame

snowflakes blustering in may

each flake fingerprints

in their brief cascade


the unseen fabric,

the unobserved pattern:

masking the imponderable


as a moth transforming

or a star shining,

turn my world, beyond



a few claim authority,

knowing that we are all one

but not how to share


a few claim higher authority,

knowing hope distracts

misery and measure


others demand respect

from false fears

and planned ignorance



fewer still set examples

unseen on TV or the internet

unheard by our ancestral brain



all claim beyond their reach

to illuminate the unfamiliar,

reflect the known



each new turn tests our progress:

that each must play alone,

naked and be speckled