Have You Ever?

I was seventeen when I wrote this poem for a school convention. It is one of the few pieces that have just sort of rolled out of me. It was late in the Spring, so the inspiration was right before me.

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handiwork. Psalm 19:1

Have you ever walked in silence

In the early morning air

Seen the world that God created

With tender loving care

Have you ever seen the sunrise

With each bright and amber ray

Wink and smile with delight

To greet a newborn day

Have you ever seen the roses

Yawn through the morning mist

Stretch eagerly toward the sun

To have their petals kissed

Have you ever seen the grandeur

Of the graceful pine so high

As it reaches up on tiptoe

To touch the vast blue sky

Everything that I have seen

Brings praises near and far

To my God, who made each blade of grass

Every single shining star

---D Ness 1982