resisting the default of chaos

 to partner with emerging order

I just finished a writing,

so I looked up, 

pointed up,

and thanked the universe

for the gift that came to me upon the page,

I feel that the impulse of the universe

toward order and meaning

is not blind, like gravity,

not just an inexorable push 

toward creating larger wholes,

but a drive that needs partners,

when I work to craft my words toward truth,

I work to harmonize with an underlying reality

that loves to act and help bring organization

into the universe's default of chaos.

by Henry H. Walker

May 22, ‘26