Sometimes

Sometimes you look back on your life

and reflect on those blind actions

that have reproduced themselves like fractals

and have given countless positive feedback

on you, or your family, or your own growth.

It is usually those mindless, random, generous

seeds that yield a richer crop of unthinkable

cosmic bounty, of new and crazy possibilities

which you'd have never imagined. That's why—

staying within the limits of profit and safety

only brings pain, suffering, disappointment.

The zen quality of endlessly floating around

in a velvety blanket of uncertain futures

has given us the power to evolve

and become who we are—the happy children

of the stars, travelers, poets and lunatics.