-nature-God's Gift To Mankind- Poem by Maylene Galang

When I gaze into the infinity of thy loveliness,
When I look into the splendor of thy beauty,
When I stare into the power of thy captivating gracefulness,
I lift my praises to the Almighty for all His wondrous creations.

When I close my eyes and feel the tender breeze around,
When I stand still and touch the sensation of thy enchantment,
When I grope and fumble searching for thy innate solace,
I worship and give thanks to the Lord for thou art magnificent to behold.

When I sit around and smell the intrinsic fragrance of thy charm,
When I do nothing except to sense the scent of thy magical spell,
When I tread along and grasp your evocative redolence,
I laud and give glory unto Him for He is the Creator of them all.

When I listen to the sound of the chirping birds, singing softly into my ears,
When I hear the rustling resonance of every leaves being moved by the gentle wind,
When I hark carefully to the movements of every animal from everywhere,
I give ardent adoration to the Omnipotent for all these blissfulness of heaven.

When I taste the aesthetic radiance of thy pulchritude and grandeur,
When I savor the beatitude propriety of thy vast shape,
When I relish and zest into thy fresh, inspiring, and radiating scenery,
I exalt the Lord for all these perfect blessedness bestowed upon mankind.

The air and the wind; the mountains and the forests;
The plants and the trees; the animals and every moving organism around;
The oceans, the lakes, and the rivers, and all fishes and fowls;
The real essence of nature—God’s gift to mankind.
(July 5,2009 – Sasebo, Japan)