Wondrous Spaces

Grand Canyon from Navajo Overlook -- © 2015 Richard R. Barron

Our world is filled

with wondrous spaces,

magical places

that demonstrate

just how small we are

in the scheme of things.

Without hands or eyes

nature paints a beautiful sky,

a breathtaking landscape,

and humanity stands in awe,

feeling at once grand,

yet incredibly small.

Mountain ranges bounded

by oceans endless,

space full rounded

by bright stars limitless,

this world but a speck

floating in infinite time,

a pool of deep dark forever.

The poet teaches

we can see the world

in a grain of sand.

W.B. preaches we can 

hold infinity in our hands;

that our vision is limited 

only by the blinders on our brains.

Open vistas, massive geologic structures,

perspectives from a mountainside,

all expand our presence in the world,

make us yearn for wilder days of yore,

when we lived a harder life,

and loved the land

like a husband loves a bride.

Wondrous spaces are sacred places,

deserving of our devotion and love.

They enrapture and bind us,

beckon and remind us

of a grander presence

that can only be described

as coming from above.

© Francisco G. Rodriquez, 2017