Chemistry

The silent solid airy frailties that
Are the ands ores buts
The ones that circle us
And at least we don't think we feel them
Too much
Give life that ambitious, seductive, smoky thrust
Keeping us alive until we find that nonexistent crutch.

So many collisions
Divisions,
Stoichiometric equivalencies
So very unexpected predictably
We know so very much about things we can't see
With only our eyes and clearly.

Sometimes things go wrong
When we go to the doctor
To the ice cream shop for a treat
To meet a friend
To find out whether in ourselves we are ends
We have so much trouble understanding how rules bend.

But is there a formula for earth?
Today, some natural processes have taken one, like when a woman gives birth.

If we really are one long chemical equation,
And because of our awareness of this
Fact
We are stuck in a blindingly restrictive fearful trance
I think it is because we know also we are
Un
Balanc
Ed
.