our own spherical snow globe

looking up at the sky,

i can understand

why ancient people thought

the earth was flat

and the sky was a dome

our own personal snow globe

only,

we're trapped in it.

now we know

thanks to satellites

and renaissance ingenuity,

that we are not in a snow globe,

but a ball

rocketing around the sun

tilting and turning and spinning so much

it's a wonder we don't all fall off.

no - scratch that - it's a wonder to be here

it's a wonder to live

it's a wonder to swim in the freezing waters of lake champlain

it's a wonder to think

it's a wonder to peer inside a flower and receive pollen up your nose 

it's a wonder to breathe

it's a wonder to smell pine sap and cut grass and hay and snow and

and and and everything else

it's a wonder to see

to see delicate snowflakes and big snorting cows

it's a wonder to live

it's a wonder to love

it's a wonder to be here

on planet earth,

rocketing around the sun,

trapped in our spherical snow globe,

and so

so so

ever so grateful

because it's a wonder to live.