When man looks at a wing
and wonders
there is an awakening
a consciousness
that the cathedral's architect aspired to
with his Gothic arches
the vaulted ceiling and gilded apse
the mind is lifted up
up
up
just as the layman's eyes traveled toward heaven
he wonders
of flight and wing
the boning the stretching the lifting
the thrill
the gasp in the chest altitude
and wonder is worship
the priest at the altar
the prophet on the mountain
hide me in the cleft and show me
Glory
the gift of the Creator
to man.
