Give me the lens to see the causal bones,
the structure upon which all movement hangs,
Let me see them shining there like jewels
beneath the mounds of things accumulated

Beneath the the names and forms,
the grades, the price tags,
and everything we shore up
in our struggle for security

Let me see how they stretch out
smooth and powerful,
glowing in translucent iridescence,
moving with the sovereignty
that marks their gait,
framing the procession of all life,
tuning the spheres
world without end.

©Wendy Mulhern
July 23, 2015