[Image Description: A silhouette of a person stands and looks at the band of the Milky Way in the sky.]
Sometimes, I marvel at who is in my life.
Sometimes, I am stunned to ponder that I could begin alone
then
become
connected
to
who after
who after
who after
who.
And this never ends.
It’s like a Big Bang, really.
A Whole Universe of Belonging.
We each start as a singularity.
Then
each one of us
bursts forth,
brought into an abundance of connections,
born anew bit by bit
through the particularities of relationship.
And these particularities
create
build
form
nurture
cultivate
and
renew.
They expand.
This is an ever expanding Universe —
this Cosmos
of
who after
who after
who after
who.
Smuggling Grace 