ripped, shredded and tossed
onto the heap of inscrutability
exchanged for being sure, dissecting
every word, nuanced to death
and made banal, explainable.
Embracing the literal
not understanding truth
is truth even in story is real.
His glory expressed in metaphor
symbol, sign, pillar of fire,
living water, true vine
the mystery of heaven
and profane combine.
Mysterious Universe
Overhead
the sky is endless
studded
with bits of sparkly glassaloof, distant but so serene
far above the worries of life
on this insignificant dot.
Overhead
the sky is endless
luminous
pearls loosed from their stringthat shimmer in a vast black sea
aloof, distant but so serene.
Charmed by her indifferent beauty
man seeks to know the universe.
Overhead
the sky is endless,
mortal
man cannot graspinfinity, eternity,
aloof, distant but so serene.
Here below the noise is stifling
with wars and troubles and unrest;
Overhead
the sky is endless
aloof,
distant but so serene.
2000 years later is still young in the history of some mysteries. But I agree somethings are overly dissected when just the hint of mystery would make the living a tad easier.
ReplyDeleteLike how we can capture a moment of time in a photograph. Or make a wish on a shooting star or how it is that we dream at night. :)
That 'old woman' in the mirror...that's my soul - she is also young at heart and sees no problem with the two living together. ;)
I like your 'old woman' comment. I don't mind getting older except for the arthritis.
DeleteOh wow! Both of these are powerful, Debi. The first builds such an energy straight out of the gate ...I love the way you listed in the beginning and in the end in different ways though...really packs momentum.
ReplyDeleteThe second one holds just the topic I've been big into lately...the mystery of the universe...it's interesting the way you made war audible...felt as though we could hear it from space. Shiver. Well done!
Thanks Hannah.
DeleteI love the difference in voice of the two speakers. It was fun for me [the English teacher never quite leaves] to work through both poems to see how you achieved so much abruptness in one and such wonder in the other. The repetition in the first does not sound forced. I had to really look to find the internal lines.
ReplyDeleteThanks Margo. I appreciate your comment.
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