Rituals

a moment arrives every moment then 

passes forever into oblivion

for each solitary life

the advent of a break in worldly concern

adheres in every second

but the constraints of routine 

prevent questioning its continuance

for each chain broken 

a new set of chains

each courageous escape emerges

into a new fortress

with its own arbitrary rules

some call it tradition and pass it 

from generation to generations,

regeneration sometimes

fragmented never forgotten

the oldest most valuable

genetic disease