(for Gertrude Elion, Nobel Prize-winning chemist)
It begins with the swing of limbs,
simple as catching
a ball: the rhythm of release

and fall, and then
the satisfying slap and grip
as catcher meets flyer —

precision of swing
to percussion
of meeting.

To leap the gap with grace
is what you're aiming for: that
and the snap-lock of contact.

Sometimes it just clicks.
Like you said: no eureka,
only years of suddenness.