Never Alone

I walked the fields alone today;
   I needed time to think and pray . . .
But, nature, artful from the start,
   Soon soothed my troubled mind and heart.
A myriad things were there to see:
   A broken fence, a gnarled old tree;
A butterfly with golden wings,
   A sparrow's nest of sticks and strings;
The ground squirrel's burrow, freshly made;
   The beauty of the sun and shade;
A weed, a bee, a porcupine,
   A pungent honeysuckle vine.
And, as I walked the fields today
   God traveled with me all the way!

              ~ Lerwill Christian Andersen