Many Worlds

A Playful Scripture Poem (for Tara's birthday)

"as in fact there are many gods and many

lords --- yet for us there is

one God, the Father, from whom

are all things

and for whom we exist,

and one Lord,

Jesus Christ,

through whom are all things

and through whom we exist."

            1 Corinthians 8

When we were small

we looked about

and there were giants

in our land

lords lorded

and we cowered

or escaped.

Sometimes we saw

the giants were creatures.

Like the old fairy tale,

sometimes we opened

a kitchen drawer

or a box in the garage

and our eyes beheld

the fragile crying

giant heart

tucked away

from all the little ones

looking little

inside a box.

St. Paul says there are many

gods and many lords

and I add, in my mind,

there are many worlds.

There is creation

there is history

there is work and play

there is childhood

there is maturity (and immaturity)

there is school and home and

work and homework from school.

There is success and failure

there is sports and fun

arts and entertainment,

weekends and weekdays.

There is your world and mine

which each contain and 

overlap with many worlds.

There is the world of giants

and our own entry

into that world.

There is the past 

and the present

and the future.

There is the bright

world inside your belly

soon to give birth 

to another little world.

Yet for us,

for all the gods and lords

and worlds,

there is one God,

the Father,

creator of all living things.

Many worlds,

yet one lord,

Jesus Christ

through whom all

living things

came to be,

and 

through whom 

they are.