This vastness I feel

What is this vastness I feel,

here on the verandah,

On this tiny patch of

 ancient earth

My tiny being,

taking in this scene,

This dark sky, this tree,

This duck grazing on

the lawn below?

And has this feeling come ,

with a single thought, impulse or act?

To put it plainly, it feels like

wild chaotic life held together,

In a travellers bundle on a stick –

 The universe in a single moment,

gloriously simple.

—Wandiligong Collection

—28 January 2016

Ellen Michel Poetry Inspiration