Nature in itself has many signatures some are simple and others are much more complex

In car parks for instance the sequential numbers that are stenciled onto the rough walls begin to fade after a few years

Yet the car park is still functional

This worries me a great deal as I often study sea urchins

These creatures have no conception of car parks although they cling to rough surfaces

Which are similar to those found in multi-story car parks

I used to work in a care home before I started studying sea urchins

Sea urchins have no hands

But most of the people in my care had hands

Some of these were no more than claws riddled by disease

Yet when I brought them tea they would try to grip the cup

Even though they knew that they would require my existence

This was an instinctive reaction

My sister told me that these aged hands would soon be caressing God

I disagreed with her as there is no God

But their hands still fascinated me

Sea urchins have no conception of God

Neither do the sequential numbers that can be found in car parks

Unlike me they do not fear death

As they do not understand the infinite