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A Grain Of Sand

If starry space no limit knows
     And sun succeeds to sun,
There is no reason to suppose
     Our earth the only one.
'Mid countless constellations cast
     A million worlds may be,
With each a God to bless or blast
     And steer to destiny.
     
Just think! A million gods or so
     To guide each vital stream,
With over all to boss the show
     A Deity supreme.
Such magnitudes oppress my mind;
     From cosmic space it swings;
So ultimately glad to find
     Relief in little things.

For look! Within my hollow hand,
     While round the earth careens,
I hold a single grain of sand
     And wonder what it means.
Ah! If I had the eyes to see,
     And brain to understand,
I think Life's mystery might be
     Solved in this grain of sand.

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  • Nam
    May 3, 2004
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    All of life can be solved by holding a grain of sand. To peer at it, and to feel it, is to know that single grain.

    Another great piece, syllable, rhyme, etc.