September 26, 2016

CIRCUMFERENCE

We start out with such a tiny circumference:

egg and sperm - becoming one. Then we

slowly grow within our mom’s inner circle -

then birth - the baby screaming and squinting

and squirming for the new - reaching for the

round sun in the day and slivers of the round

moon in the night - enjoying the round earth

for life. We are aware of  our 3 clear circles:

sun, moon, and earth. Crawling, standing,

walking on the circumference of the earth -

on floors, rugs, playgrounds, sidewalks,

classrooms, the green of fields - roads.

Around and around on the merry-go-round -

the circle of life, reaching for the shiny ring -

marriage, babies, rolling on and on and on -

till the ball stops rolling -  the earth slows

down for us - and we shuffle and crawl -

as we age - but all is well - if way back when -

we chose to let the circumference of God

and the circumference of others dissolve -

and we discover the Boundlessness of God - 
Others - Eternity - All - without circumference.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2016