maraoz.comOh Wonder
It hides in the light of the first star at night.
Wonder! Astonishment! Bonfire! Vertigo!
A falling apple and the shout of land in the horizon.
A heat in the chest and the belated tick of a watch hand.
Wonder! Wonder! Oh Wonder!
Wonder, you white heron flying over the withered willow.
You first bite of a garden peach.
First blow of a spring breeze after rain.
First bloom of a winter flower.
Oh Wonder, you first kiss of a newfound love!
You mother of hope, faith and charity.
You sudden silence of realization.
You mental image of victory!
Wonder, you sister of Moloch!
Creator in Wonder!
You fathers shedding quiet tears meeting their first-born daughter.
You child napping in a reading mother’s lap.
You old women dressing up for a walk in the park.
Oh Wonder! Oh Wonder! Oh Wonder!
The first and the last God we pray to.
Wonder the temptress!
Oh sweaty wonder!
We find you in the flow of our writing.
In the dig for our theorems.
In the reaching arms of a child.
In the leap of the dancer midair.
Ahá! Eureka! Presto! Voilá!
Oh Wonder!
Sexy Wonder!
Wonder the dreamer!
Lasting Wonder!
Battling Wonder!
Whispers of Wonder!
Courageous Wonder!
Wonder the secret revealed!
Wonder, to whom we hold our breath.
Awe! Surprise! Mystery! Solace!
Wonder whose hands are a child’s in play.
Wonder whose tail is like the birth of a galaxy.
Wonder whose breath tastes like the minute before sunrise!
Wonder whose rise is a mothership to Mars.
Wonder whose courage we borrow to dream.
Wonder in whom I sit lonely!
Wonder by whom I laugh at Serious People™!
Wonder for whom I power-nap at midnight.
Wonder to whom I sing in the shower!
Wonder for whom I left my parent’s home!
Wonder from whom I learned everything!
Wonder in whose shoulders I am infinite!
Wonder whose name is Dance!
Oh Wonder!
Your seeds grow unattended in the shade.
Your strategies spread like spores through our minds!
Your strength is reborn every solar eclipse.
Your stomach is roaring laughter!
Your sound turns stories to myth.
Oh Wonder, whose mind is not centralized!
Wonder who entered my soul early!
Proud in Wonder! A child in Wonder!
Wonder who brought me back to my natural ecstasy!
Wonder whom I never abandon!
Wake up in Wonder!
Light streaming out of the sky!
Wonder whose eyes are mirrors!
Wonder whose fingers are unexpected massage.
Wonder whose breast is a running rabbit!
Wonder whose womb is a stone-age fireplace!
Wonder whose thousand names are whispered in taverns!
Wonder the queen of forgotten knowledge.
Wonder the intrigue of history, story and truth.
Wonder the fearless!
Wonder the endless spring and dawn!
Wonder the subtle pollinator!
Wonder the boundless forest of equations!
Wonder the glow of our Earth from space!
Wonder the rise of humanity from ash, mud and death.
Wonder the meaning-bringer!
Wonder whose sequoias stand guard in the winter!
Wonder whose aurora embrace whale dreams!
Wonder whose rainforests breathe our tomorrow!
Wonder whose grasslands we know not how to leave!
Wonder whose galaxies are waiting!
Wonder of glory, of honor, of legacy.
Wonder of search, of late night opportunity.
Wonder of cooking, of gardening, of pottery!
Wonder of bits, of clockwork, of collections!
Wonder! Oh Wonder!
Fractal in leaves! Fibonacci in shells! Life in a grid!
Microworlds! Coziness! Succulents!
Math in the world!
The hint of love in a teapot’s curves!
Time in a corner!
A new approach works!
Braids! Strange loops! Schemata! High-order functions!
Rings of feathers! Pots of gold! Star jewels!
An wonder-ful kid smiles in a god-forsaken town!
Breakthroughs! Bliss! Connection! Exhaustion!
The black vapor over coffee!
Late night scribbles in a battered notebook!
A day of hard work with nothing but failures!
A surprise win by a half-baked attempt!
A sudden idea in the crux of the moment!
The climax of deadlines, the blank of a page!
Unstoppable mushroom piercing asphalt.
Oh wonder! You goddess of stars!
Owner of peoples!
Grace of the dancer!
Brow of programmers!
Tear of the leader!
Light of truth seekers!
Breaker of chains!
Wonder! Wonder! Forever Wonder! Now Wonder!
Always Wonder! Infinite Wonder! Flowering Wonder!
Flowing Wonder! Knowing Wonder!
Being Wonder! Becoming Wonder!
Walk in Wonder!
Beyond Wonder into ever greater Wonder!
Oh Wonder! Oh Wonder! Oh Wonder!
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