There is one other thing to know...when you have expressed yourself to the fullest, then and only then will it dawn upon you that everything has already been expressed, not in words alone but in deed, and that all you need really do is say Amen!
—Henry Miller Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
I Am Here
I watched as you swirled through space
a molten fragment of a star
and took your place third from the sun.
While you were still an infant wrapped in the
heat of your own creation,
I bathed in your red hot lava flows
pushed upward from your heart’s core.
Using your clouds of steam for stepping stones,
I climbed into your heavens and placed the stars
into the sky to navigate your journey through existence.
From your boiling seas, I watched you transform
from amoeba to fish and then crawl onto the land.
I forced the wind through your gills
and breathed your first breath into your lungs.
I rode on the backs of mastodons and led them
from the icy grotto of their death.
I watched as a proud mother your first erect steps.
When you stumbled, I gave you courage.
When you fell, I gave you hope.
And when you left the world, I gave you wonder.
I am in the air you breathe,
in the water you drink,
and the vegetation which feeds your soul.
I am the voice which speaks to you in whispers
and consoles you in your sleep.
I am the doorkeeper of your dreams
and the guardian of your fears.
I am in the blood that flows in your veins
and every thought your mind interprets.
I am the love you feel when you don’t know why
and in the tears you shed for both sorrow and joy.
I am life itself, and I am everywhere.
I am here, I am here, I am here.
Amen.
Photo Credit: "Star Galaxy." Toronto Star. November 3, 1999: