cause

Do we move

from the specific and material

to the subtle and abstract?

Do we learn the one two three four

to cognize the unending number line?

Do we imagine splitting pies into equal pieces

so that we may realize unending precision?

Do we discern traits between plants and animals

each color, shape, function, preference, ability, expression

to map out the wide expression of life

and the principles that power it?

Do we practice truth and kindness

so we may feel the lightness at their cores?

Do we practice dance, song, and arts

so through it we may find and see what underlies it

what is behind it

who begets them?

If it is light that causes brightness

yet we realize the former only via the latter,

which is the cause and which the effect?

Is a cause truly before the effect

or are they, like gusts of wind,

just simultaneous dance partners

in the wholesome web of life?

Do we practice giving

so we may participate in the pervasive web of flow?

Do we practice striving

so we may know what it is to reach?

Is effect the necessary child of cause?

Or cause that of effect?

What distinguishes each one?