17 July 2013

Round and Round

Bright jewels whirling,
laughing,
speeding,
frolicking
about the Glory in their midst.

Spinning,
dancing,
shouting to each other,
and to that in their center,
rejoicing perpetually.

Darting about,
madcap,
furiously,
calmly,
hastily,
slowly,
in their endless orbits.

 

Atoms? Solar systems? Creatures
and Creator?

 

Your view, perhaps,
depends upon
who you are
and where you stand.

 

NOTE: This was inspired in part by a vision I had while reading C. S. Lewis's Perelandra. Astute observers among the more widely read Lewis fans will note other influences as well.

 

Copyright 1989, 1994, 2013 Miles O'Neal, Austin, TX. All rights reserved.

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