Chaos Is as Chaos Does

Creation scribes tales

of species, storms and mountains

in fractal letters

large and small

detail by nested detail.

Singular beings

embracing the whimsy

of one-time events,

entrust their safety

to attractors

and their laws.

Chaos may not be an easy way

to run a universe or a life,

but no one has found a better way

than making complexity

its own master.

Wisdom in the face of chaos

is a shifting place where

action endlessly seeds response

seeds action

seeds response.

So choose a cause, any cause,

and learn from its effects.

Choose another and learn.

Choose again.

Learn again.

Again.

Again.