Newly Unique

Darby Riley

August 31, 2022

Every snowflake which ever fell

is different from all the others.

Every mountain laurel leaf, each

drop of water, molecule, ant,

cloud, asteroid, or horseshoe crab

is slightly unlike all beings

that ever were or will become.

And on top of that, reflect how

everything changes each instant

so nothing is just like it just was.

In each of our fleeting moments

all of us are newly unique.

Darby Riley, a native San Antonian, has been married to Chris Riley since 1971 and they have three grown children and a granddaughter, age 6. He has hosted a monthly poetry writing workshop for over 25 years. He practices law with his son Charles and is active in the local Sierra Club.