A Word

A Word

It was a word that hurled

Each star into its space,

A word that gave the world

Its form, the moon its face,

A word that shaped the trees,

And raised up land from seas.

It was a word that turned

A light on in the sky,

A word from which birds learned

To chirp, the wind to sigh,

A word rained down on plants

And proffered music, dance.

It was a word that stirred

The life into each creature,

A quiet word conferred

A grace into each feature.

The cosmos, shining, stood;

The understatement: “Good.”