Omnipresence

When light broke into nothing
With a Bang that no ear heard
When Order sprang from Chaos
With the speaking of a Word
I AM there

When a single cell of Life
Oozed from a primal sea
And evolved in adaptations
To all life that came to be
I AM there

In the sunrise on the mountains
In the sunset on the sea
In the pain and joy of childbirth
In the prison—with the free
I AM there

When nail or phallus pierces
The flesh of innocence
And fire burns the children
In war’s heartless offence
I AM there

When sun warms the breast of earth
And life within it swells
When upon a bloody cross
Heaven enters hell
I AM there

In your deepest loneliness
Of homelessness and cold
Or in the silks of opulence
A voice of silence in your soul
I AM there

©2012, Qoheleth