Miracles

Portrait of Robert William Service
Robert William Service 1874–1958

Each time that I switch on the light A Miracle it seems to me That I should rediscover sight And banish dark so utterly. One moment I am bleakly blind, The next--exultant life I find.

Below the sable of the sky My eyelids double darkness make. Sleep is divine, yet oh how I Am glad with wonder to awake! To welcome, glimmery and wan The mighty Miracle of Dawn.

For I've mad moments when I seem, With all the marvel of a child, To dwell within a world of dream, To sober fact unreconciled. Each simple act has struck me thus-- Incredibly miraculous.

When everything I see and do So magical can seem to me, How vain it is to seek the True, The riddle of Reality . . . So let me with joy lyrical Proclaim all Life a Miracle!

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  1. Kenzie kenkel United States

    omg i love your poem i thnik that it is incridlble! email me back bye!

  2. Aura Belgium

    i need your help out there. i must admit that the poem is beautiful, but my analysing skills are horrible!
    if just somebody could tell me what it is about and how the message is conveyed by the author, i think i would be VERY thankful!!!
    PLease reply as fast as possible....

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