by Ethel Mortenson Davis
Wilderness embraces us
this wet morning
with pictures of chaos.
Fractals,
repeating patterns
of symmetry
that quiets,
sets our minds free.
These lovely patterns
in trees, rivers, coastlines,
mountains, and seashells
give us designs that are graceful. . .
like the wild dogwood,
a signature tree in the forest,
whose fractal symmetry
is like no other.
The most beautiful grace
I have ever seen
brings rest to our minds —
our souls.
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