the light of a thought
conceived under the panorama of an open sky

a Universe that extends into infinity 
and this thought is sacred 
to a sleepless goatherd on a distant hill 
perhaps the human adventure under the aspect 
of eternity
a font of wisdom unto himself 
accumulated through seemingly endless years 
of keeping watch over his flock 
and scanning the sky for the supreme moment 
of insight that
elevates a life to the holy

this man, this keeper of goats 
is a being unique unto himself 
he is a man liberated from the threat of 
death, ignorance and the obscurity 
that plagues much of the human species

he is the serenity that men would crave 
if only they knew of it 
but such serenity is knowable only 
to the rare person who has
forfeited a world of chaos and conflict

a car in the distance moving at a 
violent speed penetrates the pitch 
darkness
then is no more

to the goatherd this interrupts nothing

the ceaseless Universe overhead in silence 
continues to do the work of eternity