Oblique

each pattern
various:

we tilt
our heads

unbending thoughts
caught up in pitches

balance
tipped

direction's cues askew
confusing

flights of stares
in twisted views

transfixed by lines
preferred aligned

unsteady
heavy
by design.

Some chase the centers
rarely there
while others lose sight
of their where

displaced and phased
by shapes awry
as expectations blindfold eyes

yet beauty needs no symmetry

just minds inclined
to set it
free.