Poem: “Psalm 157”

Sing

people of Earth

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Sing lustily

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Lift your hearts and voices

into far reaches of our Universe

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Let billions upon billions of stars,

and planets with their circling

moons, hear our songs

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Boom your music into the fury

of exploding supernova

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Fling your harmonies into vast

unknowns beyond farsighted telescopes

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Shout triple fortissimo into deep

darkness that surrounds our fragile lights

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Chant as though our small species

alone, in all the Universe,

is able to give voice to awe,

terror, amazement and praise

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Let your songs, within a nanosecond, fly

Home into the heart of fathomless Mystery

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Let our children hear this music

and know that they are loved 

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“Psalm 157” from Odyssey. Copyright © 2016 by Charles H. Harper. Reprinted with  permission from the author.