Feeling Small

Do you feel small in the grand scheme ofthings?

No? Take but a moment of deepintrospection and

Hold yourself captive to imagination

As awe overtakes

And reality quakes

At the breadth of the universe

In mock indignation.

 

Consider the gnat.

You are larger than that,

Yet he flies in your face

Without fear or remorse.

While elephants tower with unfetteredpower

And leave you to cower at their fearsomeforce.

 

And how do you feel when you stand by theocean

With nary a notion of where it might end?

Or look upon Everest ascending to Heaven

Or the canyon so grand that you can’tcomprehend.

 

Do you feel small?

 

Take a look at the moon with face shiningbright,

Reflecting the luster of brilliantsunlight.

The massive expanse of our galaxy fair,

Just one among millions of millions outthere.

No mind can imagine the breadth of it all.

So, I ask you again.

Do you feel small?