SPACE PSALM

SPACE PSALM (for Neal deGrasse Tyson)

The distant Universe arrives –
Our telescope expands –
The Timing is irrelevant
When Vision greets the Band.

The Light we see – though millions old –
Is good enough for dreams –
The journey through the patient Dark
Is not far as it seems.

(27 August 2010, Provo, Utah)

MONSOON PSALM

MONSOON PSALM

The shafts of dusk pour honey down
Into the aging West –
A golden disk below the cloud
Shows places I love best:

The neighborhood – the Temple spire –
The valley of the blest –
I welcome Evening to my home –
A quiet gracious guest.

(27 August 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)