Growth
March 9, 2004
Hank Stone
hstone@rochester.rr.com
Life is growing,
Overflowing
From the seed
The sunlight warming
Flower bursting
Growth unfolding
Into Beauty
Fields of beauty
Worlds of beauty
Praising God.
Sperm and egg meet
Growth exploding
From the coding
All assembling
Cells refining
Heartbeat starting
Moving, thinking
Baby birthing
Miracle that
Praises God.
From the First Life
Eons passing
Germs evolving
Paramecia
Plants and insects
Birds and monkeys
Nature growing
And evolving
Into us.
Nature works with
Endless patience
Innovating
Life refining,
Nature gave us
Seeds of culture
Let us know of
Good and evil
Our self-story
Us and God.
Culture is a
Tool for new growth
Innovating
Just like Nature
We are growing
Population
Money, Power
Culture growing
Never slowing
Thanks to God.
We can grow
Without decaying
We can use and
Not get empty
Faster driving
Bigger buying
Never dying
Always growing
Unlike Nature
In control.
When we humans
Wrote the Bible
Are we sure we
Got the story?
Is dominion
Just opinion?
Is our future
Armageddon?
Might we lose
The Human race?
Human culture
Isn’t stagnant
Other futures
Can be chosen
War and want are
Merely choices
We can change them
Break the cycle
Teach our children
How to be.
God, Creator
Never was born
Never growing
Not decaying
Only being
Universal
Patient watching
Growth unfolding
Only knowing
Only love.
What are we for?
Domination?
Stuck in culture
Of a past time?
We can learn
A new direction
And protection
Of our future
And protection
Of the Earth.
Who can say what
We’ll discover?
What our purpose
Can transform to?
What Great Meaning
We can reach for
If the Human
Family makes it
Past this testing
To survive.
Life is growing
Overflowing
From the seed
The sunlight warming
Flower bursting
Beauty flowing
Joyful, patient
Wisdom growing
Love unfolding
Praising God.
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