Beyonder Things

behold

on that day
i saw this
before my eyes

there was darkness all around
and it its midst
i beheld, in that blackest velvet dark,
a pebble
as if a raw precious stone
like a diamond

and behold
i saw that it was living
for it held light
though there was darkness all around
and no light was cast upon it

yet the stone
gave off light

and then i understood
in these days
beyonder things
than this
are dreamt of us

of us it will be said
that we are the seedbed
in which to grow
our own illumination
of strength
and commitment
and life

yet even more than this
we are the seed itself
to become
strength
and commitment
and life

we are called
to beyonder things
than this