Conciliation
We got a piece of music today in choir, and the poetry is really in-tune with where I am in my life right now. It's so simple and yet profound...
The last few lines especially hit really close to home.
the singleness of a blade of grass
is no less profound than the complex structure of the universe -
that the soft caress of a summer's evening breeze
may be the closest we ever come
to touching the face of God;
The song the sparrow sings
is as much a message from the heavens
as are all the words of all the prophets -
and the world would be a wiser and happier place
if we could learn to sing the song Earthmaker sings
each night before we sleep;
I have learned:
when we come to the edge of all the light we have
and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown
we must believe one of two things will happen:
there will be something for us to stand upon
or, we will be taught how to fly.
- poetry by Patrick Overton, song composed by Thomas McKenney
The last few lines especially hit really close to home.
the singleness of a blade of grass
is no less profound than the complex structure of the universe -
that the soft caress of a summer's evening breeze
may be the closest we ever come
to touching the face of God;
The song the sparrow sings
is as much a message from the heavens
as are all the words of all the prophets -
and the world would be a wiser and happier place
if we could learn to sing the song Earthmaker sings
each night before we sleep;
I have learned:
when we come to the edge of all the light we have
and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown
we must believe one of two things will happen:
there will be something for us to stand upon
or, we will be taught how to fly.
- poetry by Patrick Overton, song composed by Thomas McKenney