We must learn at least this lesson from the earth,
that the greater must make room for the small,
just as the earth attracts even the smallest stone.
Just as the entire planetary system
rests on the plainest pattern.
For twenty-two years I looked for ratios—
in sizes of the planets, in solar distances
and lengths of orbits—until God whispered:
measure not from the earth but from the sun.
And the heavens opened.
I used to think we escape time
by disappearing into beauty.
Now I see it’s the opposite.
Beauty reveals time.
Selections from Anne Michales’ A Lesson from the Earth (via lightbecomesme)
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