Nothing is Surplus A poem

Nothing is Surplus A poem

Nothing is Surplus

Nothing is surplus

Nothing wasted

Nothing less

Nothing greater

From virus to dinosaur

It is all a piece

Within a giant jigsaw

Opher 23.6.2018

I am always amazed by the way nature interlocks. Evolution has filled every niche with the right choice. They are so complicated and sophisticated. Everything has its place.

More time than we can imagine has created such a wonderfully intricate jigsaw.

What distresses me most is the cavalier way we dismantling it.