To explain why we know
\nwhat we know
\nand can\u2019t explain,
\nI present you
\nwith a leaf\u2019s orthodoxy,
\nthe science of a poem,
\nthe will of a child.
\nThe profound falling of twilight
\non roses.
\nWhy bats have night clothes
\nand quizzical faces.<\/p>\n
I have never questioned
\nthe explanation of flight
\nwatching seagulls float above me.
\nThe proofs of geometric codes
\nalong the shore.
\nThe sand tells me
\nhow the waves wrote their equations.<\/p>\n
What science tells me
\nbecomes its own affair.
\nI go outside
\nand touch the sky.
\nThe breath I draw
\nis simpler.
\nMagic fills my fingers.
\nI know how things
\ncome together.
\nWhy frost assembles snowflakes,
\nthe heart sees beauty
\nin the things it loves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To explain why we know what we know and can\u2019t explain, I present you with a leaf\u2019s orthodoxy, the science of a poem, the will…<\/p>\n