beyond reason

the arthritic fingers of winter are relentless,

crushing into ice in the dark

all that had dared to soften

in the light of lengthening day.

pain and release, punishment

and care — each

are necessary.

we could never have designed this,

these alternating forces shaping the hands

that sculpt this world

into a beauty beyond intellect

into a heaven beyond reason.

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