There Is Beauty In The World

Sometimes we see it
Sometimes we do not

Sometimes it is in the fire of spirit
Which appears to burn through everything
Sometimes in the quiet admiration
Of the laws which govern our reality

The emotion in another’s voice tugs at our hearts
The beating drums call our bodies to motion
The fruit of another’s mind so sweet
That for a moment we are caught hopelessly in awe
Of the capacities of our bodies and our minds

Thinking “if only, if only!”
If only I had spent these years
Building myself up to create things
I cannot now dream of

To join the fellowship of these people
Who are doing things beyond themselves
Creating the things which embody
That which we are too afraid to see

Now I see but soon I will not
And I realise now that this feeling
The galvanizing of my soul towards outer things
Is all I am looking for

That we are all destined to work constantly
For the aid of something we cannot see
And that we will never see come to fruition

Only for others to see what we have made of our lives
And to hope that theirs can burn as brightly
For the light we shine is hope
The hope that begets hope