Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Just a Coincidence

Was it just a coincidence
that the cardinal sat on a branch
outside my morning window
to bring me news of the day?

Was it just a coincidence

that the full moon rose

and sat on the same branch

to brighten the night with its shine?

 

And is it just a coincidence

that there is a tree there at all

with branches to hold

the bird and the moon

 

and a thousand leaves

upon which are written

the everyday scriptures

of sun and wind and rain?

 

And is it just a coincidence

that the id of the universe,

so infinitely small

and so wonderfully wide,

 

allows you to sit here now

and read this simple poem?

Is it just a coincidence

that there is anything at all?


~William Hammett



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