In this one of many cracks,
in the dilapidated wall of an
insignificant building,
in a nameless town next
to a backwoods road,
there exists
an imploding universe,
totally oblivious to
our own.

It simply trudges on
in its unique obscurity,
striving for perfection,
its own perfection,
from total and unfettered
dilapidation,
to beyond the ether
and forward,
towards what was.

Like the Acropolis,
it grins through
snaggered teeth and
the wisdom of time
at the arrogance of
corporeal existence,
with the knowledge that
not even the ether
is absolute.

It knows
no thing remains constant,
and perfection itself
is flawed by the light
of its endless journey,
towards the beginning.

Even in its profound
obscurity,
the crack knows
change is hastened even now
as the rogue ant stomps through
its fragile crevice,
pushing it ever further along its journey--
towards The One.

                 
Eric L. Wattree
A CRACK IN TIME