This is a test
And only a test
Will you do your best
When you don’t feel so blessed?
Or will you falter like the rest?

I listened without listening,
letting his words wash over me.
Yes, he was saying something
important, I'm sure-
But his animated actions and
quirky faces held my attention
in the way no words could.

The clouds have been dispersed.
The sky is blue.
The prople are dazzled.
The eagle is on wings.

We people keep building
Houses on water
That stand no chance
To stand for a single second of life.

The pegions,
The deer,
The old lions fear their necks
On the sword.

Who can change the will of fate,
The scheme of God?

Do we know better than God?