We are held together by the smallest things,
The osteoblasts and myocytes,keratin and collagen.
Nothing that is alive can grow
until it splits apart;
nor mend without a multitude
of unseen actions that come together exactly
right.
The intricate synergy of our own self-organizing;
The cellular orchestration of its own volition.
As long as we breathe, we evelope,
The intricate synergy of our own self-organizing;
The cellular orchestration of its own volition.
As long as we breathe, we evelope,
reincarnate, and repair. We flow with the
endlessness of order and chaos.
The healed places are knit together most
The healed places are knit together most
tightly, and yet they are a liability. Less
yielding, unforgetful.
Bodies are as dynamic as lives.
To rebuild is not simple nor guaranteed. It is
Bodies are as dynamic as lives.
To rebuild is not simple nor guaranteed. It is
fraught
with errors easy and incalculable.
with errors easy and incalculable.
The process lasts as long as we are willing
to continue it, or
as long as the microscopic labor
as long as the microscopic labor
can be sustained.
It is by those unseen cellular deeds
that we are made alive each day. And by their grace,
we heal.