I want to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. Here is my Thanksgiving poem. Artwumyn~~~
Thank
you God that the sun rises each day
Intent
on it's journey across the skies
Oblivious
to the grateful and the ungrateful
Shining
down upon the earth without judgment
Through
millions of miles of silent space
Thank
you God that the moon orbits the earth
From
time unremembered, it's faithfulness reported
Counted
on, clocked, marveled about, and written down
Steadfast
in the heavens like the stars and the planets
Never
mocking the great cities that rise and fall
Thank
you God that the earth has withstood
The
eons of shifting continents, volcanic blasts
And
asteroid impacts, ice ages, drought years,
Devastation
of entire species, and devastation of
It's
precious dwindling resources by one species
Thank
you God that though we are like the storms of the earth
Violent
in our changing natures, seemingly intent on destruction
Of
all that is placed before us, unforgiving of the weak and helpless,
You
have given us the example of the sun and the moon
The
stars and the planets, the galaxies and universes.
In
our short lives, the blink of an eye in timeless time
They
appear unchanging, and somehow we are comforted.
Thank
you that by your unending mercy, we have withstood
Since
our creation from the atoms of the universe.
Thank
you God that we can count on the sun to rise
Though
we cannot count on peace to fill the earth
Thank
you that we can count on the rhythms of the moon
Though
we cannot count on lives without pain
Thank
you that we can count on the heavens to stand
Because
sometimes all the earth is quaking within us
And
you are the only One able to calm the storm
Artwumyn
©2002
