Gaze Poem by Adeosun Olamide

Eye ‘pon, from dust bowl deserts to high wet lands,
From high hills to vale, dell
His gaze ‘pon the birds in the skies
To that blooming floret,

His eyes on the foliage, the withered leaves, the shrubs
To each sand grain on ocean shores,

His eyes is ‘pon good, the evil,
The daffodil, the cactus, the saint, the devil,
The dolphin to the flesh eating piranha,

His eyes like the sun, like clouds always there ‘pon thee,
And may run from it
But also in our shadows and sees deep within all us,

Our dark thoughts' seeps our selfish wishes
No, it not only sees, it seeks also light in us all,

The eye sees all especially our deepest, hideous secrets,
The mirror of God reflects all especially our within

And may think God lame old being, haggard and puny,
But no! Wrong we,
Don't think His arms frail, His reasoning shallow,
Don't think it, He sees all, knows all and all bob to Him, even you.

Ask them who seen the quake of earth,
Ask them who seen swirling wind, venom of the seas,
That hurricane, that gale,
Ask shipman with wrecked ship remains; inquire him of tempest,
Ask them swallowed, then vomited by the volcano,
Ask them with drought, them infested with famine,
See them and realize He is supreme over all.

And this is only beneath all the good, His greatness,
I have seen beyond

I have seen His beauty in colors He gives my sight,
How much do I pay to see this?
For moment think about them who see not, only darkness,

I see His gift in the new day,
For a moment, think about them in the earth that in all there riches,
Couldn't a day more buy, yet sought it,

I seen it in the forming, gathering clouds,
In the weathering magnificent rocks,
In the radiant colors of flowers, in the butterflies,
The singing birds, the roaring lions, in the skies,
In the cold morning, the rising sun, the peaking sun,
Crescent moon, evening breeze, the tiding seas, the falling waters,
I seen it in your face sometimes, other times hiding,
That smile held back,
In brain bestowed ‘pon thee,

I can't say all them gifts, I can't all and yes I can't all,
His eyes upon all,
His light trying to pierce our firm brawny hearts,
Give all to Him and He shall give to you.
Gods Light