Water shimmered through the glade
Wove through quiet unafraid
No one watched its silver hymn
Still it danced from rim to rim
Birds slept soft in feathered beds
Moon laid pearls on gentle threads
River sang for earth alone
Life rejoiced in whispered tone
Beauty never begged to shine
Grace stayed holy by design
Worth lived deep in unseen flow
Truth did not require show
Do not live for watching eyes
Be the song the night implies
Flow in goodness wild and free—
Nature sees what we can’t see