Why Everything Is Everything
for my daughter
Because earth is spinning
and spinning and circles
a yellow star. Because
gases burning, flaring
above the poles we spin
around. Because matter
and energy, constant
change: water, oxygen,
hydrogen, bonds beyond
our seeing which someone
learned to split. Because pride.
Because gods. Because oil,
fossils and pressure, rock
and water pressing down
over time. Because time
is bigger than numbers
we make and measure, lines
and charts we draw to mark
our progress, all of us
spinning through so much space.
