I
suppose it is good and wise
to focus
on the nature of God
and the
universe and the brain,
the
prowess of the lion
and the
thunder of large herds,
the
tectonic shift of plates
aligning
jigsaw pieces of Earth.
But I
think it more valuable
to think
of the ticking of a clock,
the slow
movement of its second hand,
the ebb
and flow of the tide
because
the slow moon
pulls by
degrees on the sea.
Perhaps
there is more to be learned
watching
the fly crawl on the windowpane,
the monk
at prayer in his cell,
the mower
clipping the grass just so
or observing
a single blade
push
through dark soil
and find
humility in a small world
floating
in star-rich cosmic expanse.
~William Hammett
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