The Sand Hill Review http://www.sandhillreview.org 2004
Magic
with a nod to Bill Bryson
Sometimes we get
caught up in the
little worlds we create,
grow blind to what
is wonderful around us,
our remarkable place.
I always try to stay lost
in awe and humility.
It comes easy when I
think of things like water.
This planet is a closed system,
our water has been cycled
through oceans and rivers and
storms and plants and creatures
for as long as this Earth has been blue.
The same molecules.
So pour yourself a glass.
Let your mind open up to
35 million centuries of being.
You will need sit with it,
stretch your imagination,
use every drop of sentient
you are to touch that knowledge.
And anytime you
are scared and feel the
weight of your mortality,
drink yourself a glass
of forever and know
you are the same.