By Joy Peklenk
The ground I stand on shrinks below my feet
As does my soul and my great worlds inside
As I gaze up to majesty complete
To glowing specks of fire that melt my pride
How distant are those hypnotizing dots
How radiant those terrible ghosts of light
And all of this land’s sights and sounds, they rot
When my young eyes and those ghost lights unite
My own imagined world of joy and mirth
So full of dreams and stories, hopes and craves
They peter till they are as small as earth
As this sight uncontrollably wins my gaze
The universe inflates before my eyes
The dark matter between the light expands
As I attempt to comprehend its size
Though I know for a fact that I just can’t
Then suddenly the specks disappear
And then the sky’s dominion dissolves
And my own heart and soul scream out in fear
As I behold the Creator of all
He is the one who holds the stars in place
He is the one who crafts the galaxy
He knows of everybody’s name and face
The definition of infinity
The ground I stand on shrinks below my feet
As I worship His Majesty complete
Joy Elisabeth Peklenk is a homeschooled sophomore with Asperger’s syndrome. Ever since she was little, she has loved writing story after story. As words took too much time, she used to draw stick people to illustrate her work instead. In her early teenage years, she began writing a children’s book series. Even though this didn’t work out for her, it did inspire her to keep practicing her story-writing skills. Her other hobbies include photography, drawing, singing, and playing piano. Her favorite things are science fiction, practicing Spanish, and playing cards with her friends.
Joy, this is beautiful! I love stars so much, and the your rhythm was great! Thank you!
Stars are one of my favorite things ever, and you captured the feeling of looking at them so perfectly. Thank you. It’s beautiful.
I loved your phraseology, Joy.
This is sooo beautiful. <3 I love the wording and rhythm and ack just everything was so lovely.
Wow! This is really beautiful! Your word pictures are so vivid!
This is awesome. 🙂