Got lines crossing
got faces and places walking
through my future
Got fate about to give birth
in a node point closure
And I ... I raise my hands
and feel the tension
as potentials and my futures
rearrange
here, midway.
gallagher
26 mar 85
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Rich beyond all measure
we stand blind in the midst.
The light of God shines through us
and around us in every form
and we go aching
from mood to mood
and place to place
in search of His peace and joy.
He must smile with compassion
at children such as we
who, in the wheat fields of His love,
cannot find the harvest
nor simply love the sun.
gallagher
28 March 1985
after yet another listening of Gibran's, The Prophet.
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
I've seen this sincerity before.
In Rajneeshism, in EST,
in anyplace where people are seeking
as if faith and sincerity
were the only key.
There's beauty there, honesty and compassion
and in their hearts there's the warmth
of being sure and right.
Asian faces, Hindus, Christians, Moslems,
Allah, Jesus, Krishna,
temples, mosques, cathedrals,
songs, tithes, offerings, ... and feelings.
But, can it be so easy?
Can one be right and another wrong?
Can one feel their sincerity is genuine
and, at the same moment, disbelieve another's?
We are all children in this world
so full of half truths and glimpses of God's patterns
and ready to believe we have the whole truth
the moment we find those who will agree.
Ready to reject the others
and feel that God has given US alone the truth
when, in fact, we have stopped far short of the truth
which must embrace us all
as the children of God.
gallagher
21 April 85
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —