Often, we are not present
at the start of things,
big things
an infinitesimal spark
far away in the cosmos,
an incredible event
unobserved,
it’s outcome only apparent
after eons.
Under the sea, cataclysmic shifts
in the darkness,
unfathomable power
eventually to make landfall
and spill onto our shores,
a devastating force.
And buried deep within us,
a latent chemistry,
an alchemy lays a plan,
blueprints checked
sequences rubber-stamped
awaiting the signal.
We are helpless,
ignorant
unaccountable
for how we’ll act
when the star explodes,
the tsunami breaches
or the cancer grows.
© Graham Sherwood 02/2019
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