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Book 4 Page 12

In the eyes of an ant

(A Zen perspective of ‘bigness’)

In the eyes of an ant;

You appear much bigger than what you think you are.

And in the eyes of an ant;

The end of the road is like the distance from here to a distant star.

And in the eyes of a single cell,

Well! who can tell!

the universe is so big, so vast, it’s simply defies imagination.

© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au  dominicj7@poetry.net.au  23/7/99