But Then I Look To The Heavens

The sky opens once in a lifetime for most,
And out pours the brightness of the stars.
Sitting here, watching the heavens unfold,
I wonder if this is closer to the creation then I thought.

Each meteor individually created,
Like the many lives God has whispered into existence.
How close I feel to him when I look up and think
That I know what makes them streak across the night sky.

They come close enough that I feel their pull:
The pull to follow the path of The All-powerful One.
To live a life as they do would be a dream:
Seeing all the wonders created by my maker.

And here on this earth sometimes I feel so disconnected,
But then I look to the heavens, way up there in the sky,
And I remember that he is in everything around me.
I just look up, reach up, stand up and he supports me.

Though the stars fall because of his direction,
I know the opposite is true with me.
He lifts me and bears me up to a place I could not reach before.
And His love raps me with a layer of light- like the one the meteors carry.

(Leonid Meteor Shower, November 16th 2009)