AWESTRUCK (to Diana and Ashley)

Treat every day as pilgrimage –
Be tourist in This land
As if the common place were new –
As if the plain were grand.

Greet every word as foreign phrase –
Search etymology
As if the language were a guest –
Give hospitality.

Meet every one as Deity –
Show honor to the small
As if the humble soul were God –
As if the child were all.

(31 March 2009, BYU, Provo, Utah)