if I stand {a poem}

if I stand upon a mountaintop

will I see what God sees,

know what God knows,

view the world with understanding

will my path finally present itself

with utter clarity,

my next step--and the one that follows it--

laid out before me

with unquestionable certainty

no.

I am in this world but

God permeates and surrounds

fills and transcends

the Almighty created the amoeba

and me and the stars

with equal care

and how can I even begin to comprehend

this