MAGNUM MYSTERIUM

A silvery moon shines down on the earth --

the trees shudder under the weight of the mystery,

as if shaken by the wind

and far away

a star flickers and wanes.

out there, strange

travelers seek you in the unknown -- -- --

but you are not found thru study of charts,

of prodding into the unknown

you are here, in what is known,

in everything

that is soft and precious; – helpless and vulnerable –

you cannot be contained in books and scrolls and ink -- --

because you are here; in everything that is LIFE,

grasping with tiny fist,

breathing, panting, with fragile, fragile lungs.

"MAGNUM MYSTERIUM" poem by church member Dennis De Boer