The Sky
It reaches.
It covers beyond what I can see.
Beyond what I can even imagine
'Stretched out like a canopy'
Dark, deep, high, vast
A space of stillness---
a moon, set in place
stars in their home.
Reality of movement, phases
Lifting and lowering.
And dancing
...so much dancing!
Stillness, yet so much motion.
Clouds that shift and sway.
Layers of profound stillness. Layers of movement.
Still one moment, swift the next.
Colours and shadows
Depth and variety
A different portrait each day.
Moment after moment
It holds a welcome for all.
Welcome to gaze and behold!
Always the same and ever changing.
Simple; yet with complexities I can not comprehend.
Beyond what I can even imagine.
It reaches. It covers.
He 'spread it out like a tent'.
It wraps us, a shelter and a wonder.
"Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: who created all these?" Isaiah 40
Written July 2020