Alone with God I walked last night beneath
a starlit sky and full-orbed moon. 'Twas in
a hilltop garden where I took my way
to watch and pray. Below this silent hill
a man-made city lay, whose myriad lights
shone out from blackened shadows on the ground,
as if reflecting back the stars of night.
But lifting vision 'bove the mortal sense
to God's real universe, His earth and sky,
I lost the form and littleness of things
material—then knew that I was not
a thing of earth, but one who dwelt in Mind,
divine and infinite, eternally
at home with God, with Life and Truth and Love!
Alone with God I walked today in peace—
while in the midst of multitudes that surged
the city's streets. For he who walks with God
can always take his way apart from all
the tumult of humanity—and walk
within the calm of God's great universe
of Love.
