“Venticinquain” by M. Avery

Venticinquain
Lovely Being
Radiating everything around
Inner smiles warm beauty
Twenty five is two words
Yet combined they create one number
From evens, one odd has been created
Mathematically, this has been said to be impossible
Because two evens can only make one other even
And an odd and an even will always make odds
And two odds will always combine to create a new even
So the evening of the universe has a greater opportunity than odds
This is the second law of thermal dynamics, at least in scientific sense
The second law doesn't allow for two evens creating one odd, without shifting paradigms.
In nature, there must always be a converse side to every equation which is stated
This is the paradox: ying and yang, sunrise and sunset, light and dark, hot and cold
And it is the space between these chiral elements that is the gateway to understanding spirit within
Your natural beauty and warmth has allowed me to witness the whole of existence in a new way
I will forever be grateful for our meeting and the burning warmth that emanates from your core so naturally
You very being has allowed me to naturally self reflect and discover words which explain the ignition I feel within
It matters not whether you love me, for I have already been in love with you since the beginning of time
This is the paradox I have lived with, as I have tried to reconcile how two bright shining stars may coexist singularly
Two stars that are evens, not odds, not the same as the rest of the even universe, but singularly remain whole in themselves
Nothing will ever compare to the inspiration resonating from within your spirit, and nothing will explain the loveliness I find in your natural grace
The hope of two such luminescent beings uniting, defies physics, but also knowing there's always the converse equation, I’ve rediscovered faith and god in you.