Friday, June 28, 2013

A Poem from my 13 year-old Self

When a man looks at a flower,
he sees a flower.
But when a child looks at a flower,
he sees a thing of beauty and color.
A creation of God.
When a man looks at a tree,
he sees only a tree.
But when a child looks at a tree,
he sees a thing of motion and life.
A creation of God.
When a man looks at another man
he sees merely another man.
But when a child looks at a man,
he sees the person deep inside,
warm and glowing.
A creation of God.
When a man looks at the sun and stars,
he sees just the sun and stars.
But when a child looks at the sun and stars,
he sees in each a guiding light,
always there day or night.
Creations of God.
When a man looks at God,
he sees very little, only a faint shape.
But when a child looks at God,
he sees a flower, a tree, a man,
the sun and stars, beauty, color, motion,
life, warmth, glow, a guiding light that is
always there, day or night,
and most of all
Love.
This is God.
God is His creations,
His creations are God.