O what God can do with dust

Spoken into the dark void

The atoms obey

And Light was

And water

And bacteria

And plants

Life

O what God can do with dust

This same dust

Marks my brow

And God says

Let there be

Light

Let there be

Water

Let there be

Life

O what God can do with dust

Breathe your words

Into my dust

Stirring me out of complacency

Into life giving

Light

May all hear in the darkness

God’s voice

Calling out

Let there be

Life

O what God can do with dust

Be marked this day

Listen

For God speaks

And the atoms obey