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The next picture shows scientists looking down a microscope at something very, very small.

Chaos theory: systems where arbitrarily small changes in the initial conditions can lead to widely differing final results meaning that outcomes become impossible to predict.

Chaos Theory

The smallest of lies
betrays
the greatest of truths.
Moments too short to measure
lead to
eternities of loss.

And this is chaos theory.

I remember her in the crowded airport
hiking boots and a sense of searching
a look on her face
dream dream dreaming of another life.

I remember her in the mountain village
with rain running down her face
across shoulders, down arms
drip drip dripping from fragile fingertips.

I remember her afraid of the ocean
trying to learn as I tried to teach
how to be straw not stone
float float floating, tied to the surface.

I remember her at the hidden beach
worrying about abandoned bicycles
at the head of the trail
fret feet fretting that they would be gone.

I remember her on the castle walls
not silent but strangely sorrowful
wearing a long black coat
look look looking at the cold horizon.

I remember her in the crowded airport
misleading tears on a pale cheek
tears at parting, she said
dream dream dreaming of another life.

The smallest of lies
betrays
the greatest of truths.
Moments too short to measure
lead to
eternities of loss.

And this is chaos theory.