A Heck of a Lot of Comments; let's do it again

Awesome! I never dreamed I'd get 18 comments on my first serious post. I'm very excited that people are seeing my blog as an appropriate forum for discussion, and that I'm getting so many intelligent and well-thought-out responses. I'll probably participate more myself in future discussions, but that's for another day. Today, a poem I wrote 2 summers ago (summer 2004) while on my Keynote missions project with Campus Crusade. I was having my quiet time in the morning outside for a change, and I wrote this poem. Enjoy--feedback is appreciated. (Untitled, in case you were wondering.)

Each bird, as it sings
declares the glory
of its
Maker.
Each star, as it dances
sings His
praise.
The sun in his course,
the moon in her path,
the clouds as they fly
tell His splendor.

Each car, as it roars
declares the glory
of its
maker.
Each building, as it stands
sings his
praise.
The airplane in its course,
the freeway's path,
weather balloons fly
in predictable patterns
of worn and tired
lines.

But the grass, the trees, the flowers
stained, torn, trampled
tinctured of the dark that surrounds them,
in need of cleansing,
washing,
rebirth.

My heart, my soul, my mind
dark pathways oft trodden
blackened by stains
too deep to reach
in need of cleansing, washing,
rebirth.

"All

things

new"