Impromptu

"O hope of all the ends of the earth and the seas that are far away. O blue waves that set us sailors free from the kingdoms of despair. Your way was in the sea, your life was in the sea. O soul rise up with this breeze and allow this salty wind to breathe. O give us voyagers of faith peace at mind, through the roaring waters of this time. Your path is in great waters, your life is in great waters. Your footsteps were never seen and the depths of the world were shaken by a dream."

Sweet words Mr. Klinck.


The music sounds, the faces frown. The laughter comes quietly, in the fog of the downs. Fill my ears with this sound. This sound that mounds, mixing the feelings like a giant tossed salad, awkward and refreshing? The dissonance, the beauty in it, if only because we are imperfect ourselves. The cascade of life, it soaks you in its cold pressure, enveloping you in the warm sun. Come and dry me, o Sun, that I may reflect Your brilliance. We are born in this water. We die in this water. You, who drew the lines of the water's edge, draw Your lines upon me.

Seeking

"I believe, but I desire to understand." ~Anselm

It amazes me how many people in a philosophy class jockey for the place of "most knowledgable." It not only amazes me, but it also makes me want to vomit. Isn't the claim of the philosopher the knowledge of nothing? You don't have to be knowledgable to abstain from hypocrisy.

Aren't we all philosophers, since philosophy is the perspective through which we live our lives, regardless of our knowledge of the "philosophers?" If life is a journey, so is knowledge, and so is perspective. Therefore...

...well, you know how it goes.

If you don't, think about it; you will.

Will you understand? Well now that's the million dollar question isn't it? Just don't call Christianity a möbius strip because you don't understand it. Don't call Jihad a terrorist act because you don't understand it.

Conversations

if i took an empty midnight train

across the country in the rain

would you meet me?

i would climb in the other empty midnight train

and meet you in the rain

in a distant town to turn up your frown

if i found a secret place to go

with you the only one to know

would you be there?

i would go

and see the show

that the Lord has set up for us

if my birch tree were afraid at night

and couldnt sleep without a light

would you bring one?

though trees don't need lights

for fear of the nights

i would bring you one.

if i ran backwards up a tree

and called for you to follow me

would you do it?

i would catch you as you fall

even though I was appalled

that you tried to run backwards up a tree.

if my clock developed nervous strain

and needed help to 'tock' again

would you fix it?

i would tick its tock

and fix the clock

to keep its time, again

if my wart decided yesterday

to be a dimple anyway

would you notice?

i'd notice

and grin

and give you a hug