Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted August 12, 2012


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Who?

by jlsavell


 
Who hung the moon so you could dream
And sprinkled stars for you to wish upon
Who told the moon to move aside
For you to wake when dreaming’s done
 
Who draped the sun in golden rays
To nourish life and give us light
Who told it once its place to stay
Where it best proves its might
 
Who taught the birds to spread their wings
And soar to mountains far and bold
And with its wings inspired all men
To soar with dreams to heights untold
 
Who poured the seas in vessels strong
With life teaming in fathom’s deep
Who drew the line where shores belong
Where far rolling waves should only creep

Who channeled the rivers, directing their flow
Fluid energy sculpting Earth’s graceful curves
Who consigned the chemistry of fireflies’ glow?
Alighting children’s eyes as delight they serve 
 
Who painted the sunset in gilded hues
And commanded the seas to ebb and flow
In syncopated time, like dancing shoes
As man stands in awe of twilight’s show
 
Who calibrated the expanse of heaven’s sphere
A precision so precise, its genius plan
That stars and planets all adhere
To their order in the universal span
 
Who filled the lungs for new birth’s cry
As a mother empties her womb of this tiny soul
This creation of life that surely vies
The moment love bonded in ecstasy’s glow
 
Who dressed the landscape in its rich wardrobe
With textures and heights that vary in style
And decided its fabric would be a living lode
As its cycle would change in each season’s while
 
Who gave the elephant its wisdom and grace
To protect and guide her herd to flourish in the wild
Who supplanted the salmon’s rhythm and race
To spawn, then nourish a specie’s child

Who coaxed the spider to weave a design
With the finest silk she could produce
 As each minute cord perfectly aligns
A captivating vision that will call and seduce
 
Who designed the living cell with a factory inside
With instructions to follow step by step
Constant and sure, as the messengers would glide
To the next place of assembly in life’s prep

Who dusted the butterfly with mosaic tiles?
After they wrestled from their safe cocoon
Who instilled the emotions that spill from a smile
Or tears from the eyes when life left too soon

 
Who sowed the desire for man to conjure and create
Music, art, words, and all that entertains his muse
Who inculcated dreams in man’s mind to explore to sate
All that life offers, at his feet to freely peruse
 
Who gave me the insight to share this with you
It's neither a riddle, nor a puzzle, to answer: Who?
 




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