Wonder

Life
What a silly game
In the universe’s dark corner
In mortals’ cast-iron frame 
How keen of her to remind us 
We exist for our strife

Maybe however 
The cosmos reveals—
Subtle yet keen—
We exist to discover.
For discovery
We could not sever

Not because it fulfills
Not for golden medals
Not to wear greed’s coat
Not because of mortals’ winding steeple
But Because of wonder’s fertile mills

Wonder—
Forces us to comprehend 
The incomprehensible
And with each incline of grade
We break out 
To understand the possibilities 
Waiting, lurking 
To shape our lives