The All We Are

You’ll hear it said, “Our lives are but a— Blink! …Hardly an instant-in-time In an infinite/cosmic timelinedesign…” But see That we are created each unique, Like snowflakes Swirling with incandescent beauty over lamplit streets… Bearing divinely bequeathed Patterns of particular possibilities… Our lives each shining to inspire, Like winking stars seen piercing the dark Like candles afire — Bright flames to flicker Hope over the suffering life may bring… ~ Like the grasses and flowers everywhere Purposed in the symphony of being To Grow from dust on ‘til wilting’s return to dust, all meant metaphors for each of us…