Our bodies are like nautilus shells

growing and changing with the influence of time and environment

Yet. the soul within does not change

it may learn and become wiser but does not ever become less vital.

Our mortality spirals into the experience of life towards death

while our souls achieve an eternal orbit

around the heart of our Creator

drawn ever deeper into the cosmos

where eternity is etched in light from a billion billion stars

We are here and away in every breath

So then, whether we are here or away

we are held in the embrace of spiraling arms of light

a presence only faith can sense

a Divine touch perceived by mortal eyes

that evolved only in response to light

We were made for beholding