"...some reason" [ghazal]

The world exists     apparently for some reason
each life persists   apparently for some reason

while the seasons' cycle reveals     such enormous design
little storms & shifts   can apparently hide   some reason

the orchestra tuned   the movements will form   in a series
some slow   some swift     all apparently for   some reason

do love & trouble   both lurk in the wings?     & clockwork-like
must the curtain now lift?       apparently for   some reason?

if all of existence     finally leads   to delight
life's painfull rifts   apparently follow   some reason

Ardeo observes   time's mandala   far too vaguely
can't his fuzzy "what if"s   ever focus   into clear reason?

does the sea lie far below   all the hills we've trudged?
if we clamber down cliffs   it's apparently for some reason

if love were hiding behind     false veils of desire
could penury's thrifts wear down   their impeding reason?

where a child declares   he'll see your bet   & raise you
do you catch any whiffs?   it's apparently for some reason

who plays with us   in this masquerade?   who woos us?
do the piques & tiffs   apparently hide   some reason?

love's dust   implies     a hundred disperate logics!
the gold-panner sifts     apparently for   some reason

the beloved is everywhere!   (claim the saints & sages)
if the lover is nowhere   his riffs   could betray the reason

it's as if I were lost on a bus   while years simply passed!
though the landscape shifts   I've apparently lost the reason

if alas! unmethodically mad       grows our friend Ardeo?
yet his grins & drifts   & groans   might appear for a reason