Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Creator

I believe that God
did simple modeling
on a scratch piece of sky.
He worked from the very
first principles,
and he optimized.

He made our hearts exposed,
though they're safer closed,
to facilitate love transfer.
The fiber of our beings
is a carbon composite.
Our core beliefs, a shaft
around which we pivot.

He chose alloys for our souls
specific to His goals.
Some are strain hardened,
tempered by fire,
left ductile or made tough
until their strength is enough.

The happy moments might notalways balance the sad.
They put a spin on our perception,
and we forget that acceleration
is part of a dynamic system.
All the commotion
enables locomotion
in the direction
of a nonholonomic constraint.

I believe that God
understands fatigue.
He knows our cracks grow.
We can't take a full load.
So he offered a cross-brace.
Installation up to user.
Interpretation may cause frustration
The operator's manual
has gone through translations.
But at least one point is clear.

When God examined
the universe,
sized up his design
and critiqued manufacture,
he thought it good.
Any engineer can tell you
that is a miracle.