Monday, May 16, 2016

Equation

Someone said
                that working through difficult equations
was like walking
in a pure and beautiful landscape -
                                            the numbers glowing
                                                        like works of art.
And in the same crowded room
a woman I thought I didn't like
                                            was singing to herself -
talking and listening
                                     but singing to herself too
and instantly
                      with the logic of numbers
                                                                 I liked her
as if she had balanced something
I couldn't.
The corridors are long and pristine
                                                     but I'm not lost -
just working
          towards some minute
                                              or overwhelming
                                                                    equipoise.

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by Caroline Caddy, 2007