As the elephant tracks water from miles away
And the hummingbird knows when to fly north
The newborn turtle scurries towards the sea
As the sunflower rises and droops each day
And the Earth rotates every 24 hours
The bee forgets not where to find the hive
As the baby in utero knows the mother’s voice
And the moon stirs and gathers the oceans
So the bear retreats when winter comes
For this is the wonder of nature
Precise
Systematic
Patterned
And so it is with every creature, planet, star, and atom
Each on cue, takes a step
They sway in the waltz of the cosmos
In tune with the infinite melody
For the choreography is built into their makeup
And so it is in every human too
To look for meaning
To search for the heavens
To wonder about where we come from
To ponder on where we go to
It’s just as much in our DNA as the instincts governing creation
And when the beat stops
So it will be when the pieces click together
And our dance through time will be understood
We will wonder not why or when or how
For when the song of the universe comes to an end
We will, at last, be face-to-face with its Conductor