eternal perspective

it is still dark outside
when i take my first breath.
the trees are nothing
but shady silhouettes
backed up against a slightly
darker shade of sky.
even the birds are silent,
so early am i awake.
no clouds hide nature's
spotlights, so high above
me in the immense
and eternal heavens.
it's almost incomprehensible,
really,
how small i feel
compared to how wide and far
space reaches out
to untold limits
(if there are any)
and other worlds so
different
and perhaps not so different
from my own.
i take this time alone
to ponder such things
and for a moment,
i catch a glimpse of what
an eternal perspective
is really all about.