All've It by Matt Moberg, segment 3

 ...continued (this was the section i got to read aloud!)

certainty has never made me pull over

because the sunset looked like God

dropped a jar of peach jam

across the whole midwestern sky

and decided to be lazy

and not clean up.

 

certainty has never made me gasp

at rain on hot pavement.

 

certainty has never found me

in the cereal aisle,

holding Captain Crunch,

suddenly remembering 

that everyone i have ever loved

was made from stardust,

hunger,

and a series of decisions 

we probably should have slept on.

 

no.

it has always been awe.

 

awe was the first church.

 

before steeples.

before committees.

before men got involved

and started making rules about skirts.

 

awe was there

with its wild hair

and muddy feet,

saying:

look.

look again.

look until looking

becomes love.

 

...to be continued...