Sonnet

Almighty ever-living God.
Who governs all things both in Heaven and on Earth.
If true we stand truly awed.
If only we could believe you give a safe birth.

But I watched on television death and hatred in a Honduras jail in crisis.
In another programme I marvelled at the nine billion years more of life of our solar system.
Are you really responsible for all this.
Do you give life to every ecosystem.

In seven billion years.
Earth will be swallowed by the red giant sun to become mere grimed dust.
Fire will burn away every atom and all tears.
We were born, we die, we live again as star dust.

But then today alone, quiet, barely perceived.
I felt your presence and believed.

Haiku

Quiet barely unseen
Alone I felt Your presence
And believed truly