Vanity, Fear, Hope

Smug in our smallness

We look down from the heights,

And gaze up into an endless sky

Knowing only what we know

Seeing only what we see

Terrified by our smallness

We dare not look beyond

And refuse to look within

Fearing what we may see

And what might come to be.

Recognizing our smallness

We look to find some comfort

Seeing what we don’t know

Knowing what we can’t see

Somehow finding love in the darkness.