Edit3 - To the Limits of Vision

[dukealien]

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To the Limits of Vision


Here's to the God-granted limits of vision
that spare us all sight of hairy dust mites,
of earthquakes aborning in landslips beneath us,
and (greatest of mercies) our fellow-men’s souls.

From fear of ugliness He made provision
by blinding our eyes to virus and blights;
earth-bounded horizons He chose to bequeath us,
that doom might surprise us like bulldozered moles.
 
Most of all, we must applaud His decision
to hide our red rage at meaningless slights,
men's envy, those hellish depressions that wreath us
as darkly we sulk after missing our goals.

Praise our Creator, though we can’t envision
His reason to block His creatures' insights:
He sees our bad hearts through the falsehoods that sheath us
and spares us His pain as we fail in our roles.

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Thanks to @billy for pointing out the rather awful L7.  Surprisingly hard to mend, hope this (stepping back a pace) does the job.