the face of god

i see the black sky but it is not empty

a thousand billion stars and worlds pierce the darkness

i see the dim corridor running in a slight curve

along a bulkhead with bubbled windows

and i am curled up inside one of the heavy viewports

the bulkheads and the surfaces vibrate faintly

but infrequently in an almost silent frequency

that i can feel through my fingertips

and there is no evidence that we are moving

nothing moves by the viewport

and the stars stay fixed in their positions

for hours, and days, and weeks on end

and inside the viewport i have no sense of

what is down and what is up

there is no direction and everything

is the stuff of infinity and cosmic law



i can literally see forever

and there is never ending light and

worlds in whatever direction

i choose to gaze – light forever

suddenly after a long sleep

i sense that the ship has ceased

the minute pulsing vibrations

and all is still and silent

i look out the viewport and i see

toward the aft of the ship

the brilliant starfield and worlds

that make up a part of the universe

toward the bow of the ship

i see nothing but a total

endless and engulfing blackness

devoid of even a suggestion

this is the edge of my universe

this is the never ending void

this is the eternity and the forever

this is the infinite face of God.

                                        boise oct 2003

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