Patterns Arrive, Some Semblance Required

In most instances on Earth,
It’s better to have the sun
On your back than in your eyes,
Better the wind at your back
Than in your face. The mistake

Is to take patterns for rules,
And then make rules into laws,
And then reason from the laws
That the universe is ruled
By laws, by nature, by gods.

The universe has patterns.
The patterns shift and vanish.
Fresh patterns form in their place,
And in the place of your laws.
To navigate the patterns,

Some semblance may be required,
But don’t fix your masks in place.
Sometimes, wind on your bare skin
Can free you; sometimes, you’ll want
To let sun caress your face.