From the wonderful writing prompt of "message" from Sunday Scribblings. Apologies to Ohioans everywhere- it just came out this way.
God Made More Than Ohio
God made more than just your eyes.
God made mine as well.
Have you not wondered for a blink
What is made for other eyes to see?
Over 6 billion pairs out there,
if we only count our middling selves.
Eyes which watch sunrise over banyan trees
Or sunset over frozen ice floes
Eyes that read text from right to left
Eyes that will never drink in the Ohio River .
No pair can capture it all.
What is out of the frame of your reference?
What lies beyond each eye’s lens?
Eyes offered glimpses of the infinite,
Up to each pair to interpret.
Every grain of sand, every stone, every mountain carries a message within; not all are meant for you.
Yet other eyes will struggle to decipher their meaning.
Can you allow for that in Ohio
That uncertainty? The awe of never knowing the terrible beauty which awaits others?
Beautiful and true!
ReplyDeleteLovely. This interpertaion goes so far beyond a 'glimpse'. I loved your words, 'beyond each eye's lens'. Within a pair there are also lens.
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