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April
22, 1998
Where
Our Wonder Went
there
was a time when wonder
filled
our eyes, which seeing
revelled
in the beauty seen
the
awe struck
mouth
agape
standing
stock still gaze
of
the ardent admirer
that
beauty, that wonder, which all the world amazed
see
here!
look
there!
it’s
been done but here alone
nowhere
else is this to be had
come
look
marvel
we
put an end to that
wonder
no longer fills our day
we
worry now o’er growing digits
science
has left us no magic
it
has failed us bad
we
breathe
exhale
and
breathe again
our
heart asurge within us
our
muscles supple move
never
stopping to wonder
at
the miracle just done
air
turned into life
we
think to act
and
act out thought
and
a million thoughtless more
who
cares!
that
love can turn to life
and
grow to breathe its own
our
romance is dead
we
have been lied to
and
we believe
our
wonder has been robbed
and
we ignore the crime
God
gave to us the grandest gift
life,
and
its appreciation
and
we have trodden down
His
truth
for
the lie of man
that
says
this
is all but chance
how
could wonder stay
where
love itself could not
denying
the glory of creation
we
make even our greatest feats
no
more than termite nests in scope
we
have no more wonder
nor have we hope