The Collector

As God is God, He's the collector of
the bows of all the sunflowers in the sun,
the honor, blessing, glory, praise and love
arising from the millions for the One.
Thus God collects the due He does deserve,
creation lauds His vast divinity,
yet one exception can choose not to serve,
we humans--unlike all the rest--are free.
Alone we can deny that God is God,
the speck refuse the infinite His due,
the mountaintop rejected by the clod,
disdaining Him Who loves us through and through.
May I so free, O God, reflect somehow
the due respect You are collecting now.

                                -- by Pete Voelz       11/07