The Magical Epiphany of An Old Rusted Can

The Magical Epiphany of an Old Rusted Can whilst out hiking one day in a countryside area that was quite desolate and remote from any nearby city, I discovered, amazingly, an Old Rusted Can that was at least two-liter-sized and was partially-buried in a long dried-out river bed in the middle of nowhere this Old Rusted Can protruded out upright at about a twenty-degree right-slant with some jagged-edges all along its circular lip its striking physical presence and the way in which it was positioned, still partially-filled with dried river sediment, for me, bespoke some sort of an old artifact of sorts, yet it was the only object like it right in the middle of this long dried-out river bed its unique silhouette was, at once, quite discernable at a distance on the horizon as it casted a very curious and most soulful shadow under the limitless canopy of the late-morning sunlight although it was very rusted, this Old Can actually reflected radiant light rays at various times when it was touched by the rays of the bright sunlight as it ascended to its customary cosmic dominance in the late-morning sky it also had five certain hole punctures located front and back, in its upper-area, from whence the bright sunlight reckoned a kaleidoscopic effect of sorts as the sunlight touched and passed through each of these unique apertures that were arrayed on this Old Rusted Can inelegant as this Old Rusted Can was—this unexpected and most unusual light-show lasted for several minutes until the darkened clouds overhead blocked out all of the bright sunlight for the rest of the morning yet, I just couldn’t help but feel the true divine presence of Almighty God Himself—as I had fervently focused on every aspect and precise detail of this radiant and very unusual light-show which presented a magical sense and aura of empyrean enchantment and whilst I continued my deep gaze at this Old Rusted Can, I was simultaneously and singularly transfixed by the utter majesty and true joy of the holy epiphany it had presented to me. I thought for a moment . . . God does indeed, relate to us, at times, in very mysterious ways! Amen! Amen! Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved August 21, 2018 (Imagism)