Crisscross

Patterns are repeated
throughout our complicated lives.
They are the designs we choose
for fencing as well as the map
that defines our relationships.

Everything is connected--
we just need to understand
how the network works.
Sometimes, color mars
the perfection and our vision.

The path we've chosen
is diagramed for us,
but the alternate routes
are always more inviting.
Even then, what is behind

the gridwork is often
the most illuminating.