Once, in my youth, a strange thing happened

Walking on a pleasant but otherwise ordinary day

Along a route I knew and had walked before

I seemed suddenly to swell

To expand until I filled the sky

At once in my body but beyond it looking down

At one with all the universe

Filled with the glory of creation.

My life has taken twists and turns since then.

I've known pain and hurt, guilt and darkest despair

But I cannot doubt

That there is purpose.