"The stars have cast a net over you," by S.J. Grady

The stars have cast a net over you

by S.J. Grady

In this matrix of harmony and dissonance

the rising and falling impulses of time --

our will steers us only within

the confines of momentum and trajectory

we produce experience in the arc of chaos and intention

So quick are we, to claim the creation of our lives

as our own

to take personally the merely incidental

that we deny the universe her authorship --

and ourselves our part in that greater being

The stars have cast a net over you

and in your struggles the whole universe shakes

we feel the tug of distant thrashing

The burning lights blink on and off

but in their twinkling, a shimmering constant

S.J. Grady lives in New Zealand. A collection of his poems, Shabby Epiphanies, was published by Nikau Press (N.Z.) in 2005. This poem originally appeared online at LitKicks, September 17.