BEAUTIFUL BLUE MARBLE

BEAUTIFUL BLUE MARBLE

 

 

THE EARTH CAME INTO VIEW

FOR THE ASTRONAUTS

AS A BEAUTIFUL BLUE MARBLE

AGAINST THE DARKNESS OF SPACE

AND THE HORIZON OF THE MOON

 

A BEAUTIFUL BLUE AGGIE

AS WE USED TO CALL MARBLES

WHEN I WAS A CHILD

 

NOT ANY MARBLE

BUT THE PRECIOUS SHOOTER

WHICH WHEN YOU LOST WAS GLOOMSVILLE

 

WAS GOD PLAYING MARBLES

WHEN HIS SHOOTER

FLUNG MATTER INTO SPACE

WHEN THE EARTH WAS CALLED OUT OF NOTHINGNESS

 

ARE THERE OTHER WORLDS

GOD’S GENEROSITY KNOWS NO LIMITS

 

DOES EACH OF THEM HAVE THE DESIGN FLAW OF FREE WILL

 

DID GOD IN HIS INSATIABLE NEED FOR LOVE

CREATE OTHER WORLDS

 

MAYBE SO

BUT OUR FIRST WORRY

SHOULD BE

TO MAKE THIS WORLD

THIS BEAUTIFUL BLUE MARBLE

THE PARADISE IT WAS MEANT TO BE

 

FRANK A VOLLMER