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​A LUMBERING SOUL
​BUT TRYING TO FLY

My God. 

11/1/2012

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I am one in seven billion
You are one in seven billion
I am carbon
the stars of the sky and I
We are made of the same dust

My size in the relative spectrum of things
Is a dot with 133 zeros after it
And then a one

But in those 545,910 quintillion miles 
That you stretch across my known universe 
You noticed me

My God. 
My God! 

I am full of light
Of oxygen
Of carbon 
Of water

I have lungs that filter air through my body
Capillaries to take life through my veins 
And marrow to live inside of my bones

You are one out of seven billion
You are millions multiplied 
And multiplied more

When I do the math
Numbers with so many zeros come out
That I don't even know their names

But you know mine
You know me and are calling me

You love me

Even while I was content 
Sitting on a couch in apathy 

You hung in the balance
You hung

For what? 
For me? 

For the joy set before You
You went to the cross 
Enduring its pain
And scorning its shame

My God. 
You're a better poet than I am 
And a better lover too

You are beautiful 
You are a billion squared 
There is a river of life 
That flows through you. 

The stars are hidden in your skin
Oceans in your stomach 
And a story that is older than time
Hidden within everyone of your cells 

You are a miracle among miracles 

That you can stand? 
Balance. 
Run! 
Walk! 
On a ball. 

That is spinning in circles
At thousands of miles and hour
And spinning some more

You are an incredible balancer

And wonders upon wonders 
You have sight
And with that sight 
You can look back in time
Eight minutes at a time
Sometimes more

And You, You use that eight minute old light to:
Let me see
Be warm 
To live

You are a billion times a billion 
Millions multiplied over and over again

You are a miracle 

And You- Jesus  

You are incredible

My God! 
You're incredible. 
1 Comment
Emiko Macaluso
8/3/2014 02:33:12 pm

Hey Michael! Haha I somehow stumbled across your blog via facebook and couldn't help reading a couple poems! Wow, this one is incredible. It is helping me process some of the overwhelming spiritual-growth aftermath I'm feeling from camp. Thanks!

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