Meditation #9

It’s the single most fascinating fact
I can imagine
that each person on this planet
has been so sensitized to some singular thing
that its occurrence can drive them to ecstasy,

and that some unknown fraction
of the world’s population
is doomed to be unaware
of it.

This is not a statement of urgency
for finding a soul mate, for
the ecstasy may not be related to
another person’s doing; rather,

my excitement comes from knowing
that their searching cannot be directed,
and that they may stumble upon their Grails
without ever realizing that they
searching, or indeed
that we were created to search. 

This is a cause for optimism.

That the fraction
may be greater than one half
is a cause for pessimism.

But you know,
I’m still glad for the search.  If nothing else,
it keeps me thinking about the gaps
among us as we nose around,

wondering what the hell we’re doing.