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Bass Unity
Dedicated to Maura

A sparrow flies across a field,
And I begin to think

Of the complexity behind something so simple.
He turns and lands, never once

Doubting the truth of his movements.
Later, as the sun sets,

Creating a conflagration of colors
In the dusky sky,

I contemplate the reality of magic
That exists in things taken for granted.

Can man, crude creature he is,
Truly understand the beauty
In a snowflake, a single blade of grass?
Trying to define and categorize

Only results in separation.
To stop thinking and start feeling

The world around us;
Can we really deny the web
That interconnects everything?
Giving each bit of insignificance
An almost devine purpose.
Striving to quantify, pursuing the ether
Losing the mastery of love and

The depth of happiness.
l' Revel in the joy of a laugh, a glance,

f Never forgetting to live for the moment

That dies as soon as its birth is complete.

-Adam Koch

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