A wave moves across space and time, transferring energy through physical media. Along its path it creates disturbance, bringing motion and activity to previously inert elements. Then it continues on its path and these elements come to a rest behind it. The wave does not permanently deposit its energy nor does it accumulate matter along its path.
Life moves as a wave. It passes through the generations, giving itself to common elements by immaculate organization and then setting them in motion. Each new being follows the pattern of its species while standing unique among unlimited possible versions. Babies come into the world in simple brilliance and undefined potential. They live their lives and grow to maturity, eventually bringing forth their own children. These parents nurture and steady their children as they grow older and assume distinct lives of their own. Eventually they become grandparents. They grow old and pass on. Their bodies return to the earth, empty of the energy which once animated their matter. And the living wave rolls forward. Those that die leave behind their posterity and the legacy of their lives.
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