just one ant
I crawled into the skull
with my physical intellect,
led by my spirit
into that skull,
of just one ant
you know,
the insect,
amongst many of its species,
. . . just one of incalculable
numbers of ants,
of trillions upon trillions,
ad infinitum,
of those living on planet earth
therein,
just in one
i found a
membrane
below an encasing
outer shell,
the exoskeleton,
and within
all of this,
divine intricacy,
this exponentially complex
sample of design,
i saw,
blood vessels
surrounding all components of
this ant,
this just one ant,
and each ant that has ever lived
to present and past
throughout the entire
earth
and to the future
all operating
functioning
like a computer's program
yet eternal
from the time of creation
to the present
utterly mechanisms
maintaining
sustaining just this one ant
and all living organisms
i perceived this just one
ant's
brain,
blood vessels coursing through it
and blood flowing through each
capillary
yes,
all its organs . . .
. . . and then,
i pondered,
the ant's thoughts
and its decision making
prowess . . .
what are its thoughts?
i am certain of its personhood
for it is a living entity
i know it is capable of fear
its reactions to stimuli
its inventive ability,
as i have observed since childhood
and my inquisitive intrusions
upon its world,
upon its fellow ants,
and their course of activity
. . . and yes again,
i am aware of its beating heart,
praise to the electron microscope
and its inventors
yet no man can resuscitate
its heart much long
after its final beating moments
i am aware of this one ant's frame,
it's structure,
i am studied in its being,
comprised of the elements,
like the carbon,
listed on the periodic table;
of its atoms harnessed by
electrons,
quarks
lepiquarks and the like . . .
and beyond the tiniest,
of the physical,
as in,
strange matter . . .
. . . into the portal beyond,
into the realm of spirit
all held together,
by creation
yes,
this just one,
ant . . .
for it possesses
life
life the inexplicable . . .
life from a creator
his name is Jesus
who is Life himself,
son of God
who created all things,
as in the book of
Colossians
. . . swarms of ants,
swarms of insects,
myriad animals,
on the land
in the sea,
visible
and invisible
surrounding our own,
human,
physical
and spiritual
being