Just For You

Four thousand miles from the nearest shore

Bathed in the beauty of the cosmos

The stars in the heavens more numerous

Than the grains of sand upon the beach

The brilliance of the spectacle above

Mirrored by the green glowing bioluminescence

That surrounded me adrift upon a tranquil sea 

I have stood in the shadow of the mighty mountains

As the last fleeting light of day colored the crags above

Marvelous shades of crimson, orange, and purple

As the day lost hold of the sky and slipping gently

Into the ink dark abyss of the night

Then bursting forth above the snow capped peaks

The king to rule the night – a full moon

Bathing all with its tender ashen blush 

I have walked among the giants of this earth

Mighty sequoias standing taller that most 

Of the buildings man has dared erect

Coming into their grandeur from a tiny seed

And not through the vain work of our hands 

I have awoke with the forest as the first tendrils of light

Announced the defeat of night and heralded the approaching morn

Welcoming the day with the woodland creatures , deer, raccoons, and squirrels

Busily going about their day with little regard to my presence in this place

Leaping joyfully from ground to bush to tree

Without the slightest care in the world 

I know how Adam must have felt as he opened his eyes

For the first time to behold the world God’s hand just created

I have felt the same awe and fear that must have filled him that morning

I have come to realize just how tiny I am when I stand 

In the splendor of God’s great creation

          On the ocean,

          In the brilliance of the cosmos,

          In the shadow of the mountain,

          Or among the creatures of the forest

Only there, in the silence of my heart, does God speak

“I made all of this just for you.”