What is Important

What is important is never to forget

That an unspeakable grace upholds the world

And we are cogs in the immensity

Of the Wheel, it only turns by us,

But always to remember gratitude

To one who steers our course among the stars.

He peoples the skies with haloes of his light

And fills each hollow with the breath of life.

For me the mystery too deep to sound

Is a gold hawk brushing my head with its wings

Or iridescent drakes befriending me

Who sleep secure not three feet from my door,

The fragrances that immortalize my days

The warmth of greeting in a stranger's eyes

And love the bridge that spans the mind's divide.

But more than this, the fire that burns inside

Reveals that we are not a common herd

Cursed with an unachievable task

Descended here but once to rise or fall

To fiery depths or heavens without care,

But to realize divinity within.

A higher self that dwells in us unseen

Would make this earth fit habitat for God.