Elemental Constituents

Therein humanity lies common ground
Earth and man so conjoined in likeness.

Moses drew knowledge from the well
Drifting in waters away from the hell.

To extricate, draw out
Bares down on meaning.

Parables of truth
Man's mind is longing.

Time and the waters flow
Drowning in tears
Are we not of mineral and element alike?

Permutations of creation
Not random selection.

Programmed, computerized
Spun without hesitation.

Primordial sustenance
Unequivocally confined
In molecular harmonics
The cell must define.

Refractory index of the blood
Obliquely carved into stone
Earth holds the mass
And the sun shines alone.

Who is it concealed
In dynamics of motion
When the wind spins her web
And the elements conform and blend
the creation of man?

- Blanche McLanahan