The Triangle

One would think the triangle
Be a simple shape to plot
In algebra.
Nope... its simplest requires calculus.
Its most elegant requires three lines of equation.
One can, indeed, make any shape
From linear equations;
I'm confident of this.

A good poem is formed like an equation---
Instead of numbers, one pieces together
Psychology and Sociology;
Nature and History;
Philosophy and Religion;
Wisdom and Action.

And like a triangle, simple
Things we take for granted,
Such as the existence of God
Or the why of good and evil,
Can be very difficult to figure out on our own.