dear science

i remember the day we met i didn't think much of you.  

you were shy, quiet and stood behind louder men.  you would stop by every once in a while to remind me you were still there and to be honest, i wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

i left a common place where you knew to find me yet the winds of fate would guide you back.

you became an acquaintance by which i would share my stories and you were eager to hear what paths i had tread and where the breeze would blow me to next.

you took interest in my ways and the thoughts on my mind.  you reminded me of what was missing and where i could go to find it.  we shared our pasts and how we would strive to be better men.

you taught me how to see beauty in nature and elegance in written form.  you inspired me to see beyond the acre of landscape i had called my home.  there were days where i wanted to be you, to embrace and understand all that you were.  you made me feel alive for the first time.

but science, like a violent autumn, you brought storms with you.  lightening and thunder like i had never seen.  floods of tears that could grow your tall trees where you would perch far away from the likes of me.  quakes in the earth that drove crevices between our once routine meetings.  

like a candle that had been waiting to be lit, you drew me to you.  you brought me up to see the stars and dance on the moon.  you showed me life in a more esthetic way than i had ever seen before.  

you skinned me down to the nerves and left me for pastures that some would call prettier.  

i am a man of faith.