A Grain Of Sand Poem by Robert William Service
A Grain Of Sand
If starry space no limit knows
And sun succeeds to sun,
There is no reason to suppose
Our earth the only one.
'Mid countless constellations cast
A million worlds may be,
With each a God to bless or blast
And steer to destiny.
Just think! A million gods or so
To guide each vital stream,
With over all to boss the show
A Deity supreme.
Such magnitudes oppress my mind;
From cosmic space it swings;
So ultimately glad to find
Relief in little things.
For look! Within my hollow hand,
While round the earth careens,
I hold a single grain of sand
And wonder what it means.
Ah! If I had the eyes to see,
And brain to understand,
I think Life's mystery might be
Solved in this grain of sand.
while round the earth careens alludes to Earth circling the sun, rotating on its axis-didn't we learn that in grade school science? Service is humbled as he ponders the enormity of the universe; and the notion that it may have all started with the tiniest of particles.
Even Robert himself does not deny the possibilities of many worlds, many life forms in this vast universe of ours. But even in this, even if every world is given its own god to watch over it, He still believes there be one Devine Deity that is over all. And with that said, maybe sometimes we allow life to get too complex, concentrating on the whole, when maybe simplification might just be the best way to answer our needs and the needs of others as we pass through this short lifetime of the flesh.
You are truly blessed among men To find such mystery in a grain of sand And to unravels secrets of the universe Today we are planning space ships grand When all that is to be known or worth knowing Is down here a grain of sand in the palm of our hand
We all try to reason in our own ways, How, When & Why, the Almighty created such tiny things, what purpose does it serves but our limitation to understand the Creation of World Returns emptyhanded.
A grain of sand could hold the history of many millenia. If only we had the machines to read the data. Nice poem. My favorite
I hold a little grain of sand and wonder what it means... it's really hard to define significance of a little substance created by God. A can take deep dive into the philosophocal pool of this wonderful poem!
Ah! If I had the eyes to see, And brain to understand, I think Life's mystery might be Solved in this grain of sand... Life is a mystery.. tony
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12/10/2024 2:35:13 AM # 1.0.0
thats really good i like it alot!