Once

Just Once

Just once –

                In an instance of amazing, unbelievable, impossibility,

                                Circumstances conspired.

Just once –

                A snowball rolling downhill gathering pace,

                                Growing constantly.

Just once –

                A planetary steamroller taking all before it,

                                Ever more complex.

Just once –

                A cosmic vacuum cleaner sucking everything in,

                                Imbuing the lifeless with life.

Just once –

                Culminating in a spectrum of great wonder

                                In which I am but a simple ray.

Opher – 4.10.2024

I remain constantly in awe of life, of the wonderful spectrum of organisms on this planet, their incredible forms and immense beauty. I am in awe of how it all came about. I remain in awe of the wonder of consciousness.

After a lifetime contemplating the spectacular inception of life and workings of the human mind I remain as much in awe as ever.

Religious people use words like miracles to describe what they cannot understand. They replace one inexplicable wonder with something even more incredible and impossible. That’s the human mind for you. Things we can’t explain become mystical and we create religions from them.

I remain suspended in awe and wonder.

Life is my religion. I worship it. A sunset is my religion. I soak it in. Answers can blow in a wind of wonder. There are no answers; just wonder.

All life is sacred. All nature wondrous. Who needs more? I am part of something splendid, a small ray in a vast lightshow.