Our human experiences

Have narrow or wide variances

From each other.

Each of us

Focus

On the orbit

That we revolve around.

We tend to hang tight

In its path

And then try to fit

Everything else around it

To its shape.

 

We find it hard to escape

From the central attraction

That keeps us moving around

With its strong effect like gravitation

The components of which

Are made out of –

Our genes, our education

Family, society, our cultural contributions

Our previous experiences

And our expectations.

All such factors

Come together

And become the central force

That determines the course

Of our tracks –

The shapes of our orbits.

 

And because the contributors

Behind these central attractors

Are different

From person to person

And from moment to moment

The orbits that each of them

Shape and represent

Cannot be the same

And cannot be constant.

 

So the resulting tracks

Usually lack

Any smoothness

They are usually zigzag

And they don’t coincide

With each other

Instead

In many different directions

They can deviate

And many different forms

They are able to take

With temporal and personal variations.

 

Sources of many of our conflicts

Come from our attempts to fit

All such irreconcilable shapes and forms

Into any one single structure or norm.

What each of us prefer

Is for everyone else to enter

And follow our own orbit

Which is impossible to do

As each of us is responding to

Our own central force

Which for each of us is different

And may also be changing

So does not remain constant.

 

The best we can do

As human beings

Is to recognize the differences

That exists

And try to go on

With our own orbital motions

Without too many collisions

Which then will allow us

To minimize our conflicts.

 

If all of us

Were moving around

In one smooth path

In synchrony and in unison

Then there would be no reason

For any such collision.

 

But since our paths are different

Also variable and random

It must then be apparent

Not requiring too much wisdom

That some collisions

Are bound to happen

Sooner or later.

 

However

When approaching an impending collision

If each of us can change our direction

Just a little bit

Then we might be able to

Avoid and defeat

Such destructive impacts

Allowing ourselves to avoid our conflicts

And thus we might be able

To enjoy the benefits

Of staying close

To each other’s orbits.

By –

Kris Mojag

Somewhere in California in a quiet evening in November of 2021.