Deeper
fundamental.
Looking
in a
mirror.
Reflections
of the
current
seen.
Reflections
of ten
thousand
ancestral
generations.
Each pairing
leading
to the next.
Five hundred
million
genetic
packages
per event.
Each package
a different
person
represents.
Correct
swimmer
out of
five hundred
million
needing
to hit
the target.
Bang the
gong.
Ten thousand
times
consecutively,
for
reflection
seen.
Any pairing
difference
anywhere
along the
way, or
another
package
delivered.
A
different
reflection
occurs.
Ther­e are
no odds
that resonate
such a
thing.
A deeper
fundamental
at play.

Reflections.
Each, a
unique
creation.
Wired
at
inception.
Down
loaded
after birth.
Sculpted
through
experience.
Works of
art all.
Some,
rough hewn.
Others,
finer in
detail.
All
reflecting
back to
the milieu.
Each, a
brush stroke
back
into the
realm.
Each,
part of
writhing
humanity.
Destination
uncertain.
Path
to the
beyond.

Opaque.
Mist.
Existence
in a
mist.
Opaque
creation.
Foggy
eyed view.
Center
of nothing.
Stuck on
a rock,
spinning
in a
void.
Peering
squinty
eyed.
Contriving
in a
limited
place.
Self
indulgent,
terrarium
existence.
Self
import­ant
little beasties.
Spinning
in their
wheels.
Wrecking
mayhem
along
the way.

Creator.
Created
things
abound.
Complicated
intricate
things.
Loo­k
around.
Evolving.
Morphing
into more.
Gas to
stars.
Stars
to life.
Much
in between.
Gravity.
Mathematics.
Mixing the
blend.
Much
in between.
Evolution,
tool
of the
creator.
Single cell
to infinite
A.I.
Plasma
to all.
Kicked
off?
Beyond
pay grade
to know.

Observation.
Perception.
Mental state
based.
Reality,
according
to the
mind.
What’s
sensed
becomes
real,
the world
understood.
Universe
in the
mind
of the
beholder.
Realm of
perception.
Processing
power
provided
determines
observation.
­Realm lived.
Deep
creation,
layer upon
layer.
So much
more
that meets
the eye.
Far deeper.
Complex,
beyond
human
level
understanding.
Living
in the
universe
mentally
determined.
Created.

Bridge.
In between.
Current.
Once was.
Next to
be.
Bridge
to something
different.
Unexpected.
Breaking
down.
Suddenly.
Look
ar­ound.
Changing.
Rearranging.
Past ways
fading.
New ideas.
Strange
ideas.
Cloud
world.
Programmed.
New
world.
Power.
­Innocence
gone.
Ultimate
control.
Soon.
Look around
it’s on
the way.
Battle
engaged.
Outcome
unsure.

Gnomes.
Life’s
journey.
Transformative.
Each,
laid out
as a
clump of
clay.
Unformed.
Malleable.
Gnome’s
fingers
working
each day.
Moved,
shoved
along.
Life’s
pathway.
Forks
everywhere.
Deter­minative.
Twisting.
Bending.
Pathways
galore.
Little
Gnome
finger­s
kneading
away.
Hammering
here.
Chipping
away there.
Possibilities.
Endless
possibilities.
Artistic
interpretat­ion
holding sway.
Shaping
results.
Once
journey
ends,
they
stop to
*****.
Then
double back,
next
project
on the
bench.
Starting
over again.