One day
When Earth stops turning
stars fall from the sky
ocean dries
sun not rise
I won’t ask why
Stay with me—remembering
the path we took
and read with me—
the chapters of our book
Music of My Time ~ Sandra Williams
One day
When Earth stops turning
stars fall from the sky
ocean dries
sun not rise
I won’t ask why
Stay with me—remembering
the path we took
and read with me—
the chapters of our book
I heard a wise man say,
“I gaze until I see the beautiful.”
And so, I gazed.
Across the meadow,
where I have looked a thousand times
to trees at the horizon gleaming golden
under blue heaven at sunset.
Each time
in only moments
brilliant trees fade to brown
and sky to grey.
They don't mind.
Each time,
I turn away
Today, I gazed until—
I saw the beautiful
Imagining their their joining me in praise,
not of a parting of the sea
or water become wine,
but the miracle of light,
the grace of surrender,
Painting by Robert Louis Williams
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