The fingers of God
A phenomenon which occurs when sunlight pours through clouds and reaches for the earth
That sight which some poetic soul long ago coined “the fingers of God”
A soft voice that whispers in our ears of awe and wonder
Sometimes lyrically recalling a snatch of beautiful memory laid down in reverie that humms like a lullaby gently after
Becoming deeply entrenched
Tectonic plates sliding apart
Opening the heart
Expanding the chest
A moment revealing a soul finding reflection in the universe around it
Life
Is
Magical
And all are poets and artists in an instant
But only some seek to record its arrival
Fruitlessly toiling against the hard edge of reality
Gleaning
Clinging
To a shred of otherwise stunningly ordinary moment as it forms
Informs
Folding it carefully and tenderly placing it away in a pocket of my mind
All is worthwhile, for even the harsh moments cut beautiful patterns that my mental fingertip traces gently later
Learning a lesson, shaving a shard of whimsy to carryover into the next
Glimmer of beauty that arises
Ahhh the lyrical wax it melts away as the flame of inspiration wavers
But the smoke and aroma lingers, tracing art upon the air
It is not the burning that matters but rather the memory of warmth
For anyone remembers how love once felt
And all need to see that feeling recorded in little parcels of words that please the eyes, raising hairs along a knuckle tightly clenched around paper
It’s just paper
Why then does the heart beat so fast?
Why the pain that clenches a muscle invisible to the eye
Because it wasn’t the paper that made the tears cry
It was the moment come humming on wings of words
Placed in the mind
Stirring
Leaves scattering across the grass – it wasn’t the wind
But the memory of how we laughed
last place on earth God made
dundee
and matthew quigley
Decades ago, in a book I read, your fingers were called “God’s Light”. I’ve called it that ever since. My niece captured this stunning photo while she hiked the appalachian trail https://jefftcann.com/2019/09/13/gods-light/
Wow! Thanks for sharing Jeff.
Thanks for sharing this. Makes be peaceful.
Nice
Thanks 😊