7th grade
ripe for the pickin’
a sponge for learning
“molecules are atoms”
atoms have teeny-tiny
electrons, protons, and a nucleus
atoms are everywhere!!

astronomy and the cosmos
learned that year too!
do you ever tire of
the heavens
no!
the vastness
a carbon-based stew
circling orbs
beauty beyond bounds

atoms
exactly like the solar system…bingo!
we
are walking galaxies…bingo!
so begins
the journey of universality

“the green sap that flows”
cells touch
galaxies infinity
within
same same same
lies the mystery –
everything is the same
everything is unique
all at once!

love..the grace we give
one another
earned merely by virtue of
our shared burnt carbon composition
“we are stardust”
united as one
and
one in a gazillion bazillion
the only one!

DNA
each stamped with our
individual signature
personal designer logo
within each life
all life
cells fight for survival
cells know to reproduce
survival … reproduction
survive reproduce survive reproduce
the constant
within millenniums of change!
birth-rite common to all
life ~~ to remain incarnate

immune system
the defender of our identity
cells speak!
“every day is a gift”
spoke the lion-of-the-senate
after the diagnosis
we all have
an unknown “when?”
all victims are survivors
still unaware
dis-ease robs you of time
in exchange for…

conditions of healing
unique as a fingerprint
one pill
one treatment
one anything
does not fit cannot fit
all!
empathy compassion love
choice choice choice

life…our bodies
ALL life
an intricate design
layers of elegant
checks and balances
wishing to be!
recovery
awed deeply by the atoms
need to survive!
cells tenacity toward life
teeny-tiny
ordinary greatness
aha! ordinary greatness
everywhere
inescapable
what else?
ordinary greatness
here now always!