IF YOU COULD HOLD THE SUN
H. W. Bryce
Written in the middle of the night, having woken up numerous times
from after 1:00 am until I got up and paced the floor. The initial idea was
in my head when I woke up. So I sat on the edge of my bed and wrote by
flashlight, so as not to disturb the moon at her work, or to compete with the stars.
MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS
Something fanciful
Well, it sure beats the hell out of nightmares~
If you could hold the sun, what would you do?
Would you ride sun rays while we thought about
It? Would you share its heat, or hoard it? Would
You shine its light upon seeded fields to
Feed the world?
If you could hug the moon, what would you
Whisper in his ear? Would you confide your
Secret fears? Would you ask for favours?
Would you pray for special ways or would you
Share his moonlight to show the lost people
New romances on the night after that
Special full moon in September?
If you could dance among the stars, would you
Waltz away your time, or would you shower
down upon the people shares of their light
to make them twinkle? Would you ride upon
the glimmer? Would you ‘ray’ them all to grant
their wishes? Or would you bake them their
favourite dishes?
If you could sing in sweet harmony
With all of Heaven’s planets, would you join
Their choir? Would you spin like a top in your
Very own orbit? Would you conduct them
To rain down upon the people charisma
Of their heavenly vibes to heal all wounds
And make peace among all Men?
–I wrote in the night:
If you had all these dreams come true, would you
Believe in God? Or stand by science, or by a
World by chance? For many would say that such
Universal harmony would make a
Believer out of you,
For such beauty as cannot be random
Surely the making of Man must be a miracle,
One way or another,
By one means or another,
And surely this must make of Man a worshipper
Of SOMEthing.
Fill Man with Awe.
What would you do?
Realize his purpose?
What would you do?
Ask the astronaut who rode with them all,
Who has hung in the heavens looking down.
He is humble; he does not grumble.
Would you recognize that which is important?
What would you do?
And if you were invited into the
Galaxies, would you slide down the Milky
Way? Would you enter into discussions
With a big black hole? And would you then
Come back down to Earth and share all that you
Know, and tell us this, this outer space is
Filled with love?
Would you come home to Earth by sliding down
The telescopic beam?
Or would you stay aloft and hug the sun, ride
His sunbeams, glow with the moon, and spend
Eternity playing amongst the stars?
What would you do?
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