Vital Threads

(spark...) (living system)

A wall of glass,

a tiny sphere

Boundaries keeping the pattern clear Absorbing light,

converting heat

This chemical fire begins to beat

Touch the border and we shift away

(turning, moving) To find the warmth of another day

Dividing, reaching, climbing tall

Inside the membrane of a single cell

We grow, we bend,

we change, we thrive

(we are alive)

Eight pathways keeping us alive

Passing the spark to what will be

Shaped by the pressure of the sea

Metabolism spins the wheel

Converting raw into the real

One tiny tremor,

we respond

To the horizon

and beyond

From one to two,

the cycle spinning round (copy the code) Adapting to the coldness of

the ground

Through generations, the form begins to bend

An endless story with no final end

Cellular...

physical...

(adaptation...

evolution...)