A Naturalistic Terza Rima

Though it’s unpopular I take this stand

Declaring that there is no bogyman

Nor even a supernal guiding hand.

I comprehend that there is no grand plan

Or purpose to phenomenon we see

Except what is imposed on it by man.

With careful thought it’s obvious to me

That nature’s permutations are the norm

And not an aberration by decree.

An incremental process does transform

In unending varieties to fill

Without the need for wisdom to inform.

Though sans design, the mind can ponder still

Appreciating with a wond’rous awe

Complexity compiled without a skill.

Only the willful blind will find a flaw

In a cosmos that is all that there is

Without the deities they never saw.

   © Gianni di Miele 2010