societies
of bison
protects
the herd
both weak
or old

familiar
lessons started
as hard nuggets
we picked in streams
hammering these
small truths
until beautiful
or useful

Humanity
shelters the weak and old
so maybe we're a little bison
maybe we're a little of everything
with lessons to open
in churches of life
in sanctuaries of living
Maybe all species
reflect some aspect
of each other's societies
We are called a web of life

The idea,
is no idea
the understanding,
is no understanding
when there is nothing,
it is most fully present
and when in disarray,
is it most ordered

Puzzles
protect
the hard nuggets
we pick in streams
for lessons to open
where there is nothing