Even in doing
very little,
every little life
must accrue.
In the space
of time
it takes a whale
to blink an eye,
uncountable unseeable
ecosystems are moved,
great galaxies
implode
long before their constellations'
names become known,
and you—every step,
at once takes you farther
from the home
where you started
and never any closer
to the place you meant to go.