It's nine months since I jotted this down, and left it on my desktop for further consideration. In that time, all I've changed is the verse layout. I think it says what I wanted to admit about the difficulties I have with retaining that 'single eye' that St Ephrem speaks of.
A man of poor attention span
I fix my gaze amazed
a while only
on the latest marvel of glory
to reveal itself
before my wondering eye.
Why I do not long linger
is because there’s so much
on which to ponder
A world made for wonder
Whether one or many things
enchant
is neither here nor there.
To be open to the Infinite Beauty
astonished, grateful
Is all I care.
Perhaps only when my world slows
to a singularity
will I at last remain
undistracted in awe
JKK; 19.08.08
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