NO MEANING WITHOUT IT

BY

Laura Lee Christian

Up to the heights of the dark sky
the exploding, dazzeling
aura of flowers
glittering, sparkling gold
gracefully falling red
a suddenly expanding, opening universe
of glimmering lights
colossal in scope
flashing on the retinas of my eyes
and the optic nerve carrying the picture
instantaneously to my brain
the wonder of the human body
is even greater than the exciting
exhibition of brief fireworks
but even greater than the
wonder of the human body
is what we celebrate
on the Fourth of July, our freedom
this is also God given
and more important
for the body would have no meaning without it.
