WILL YOU?
I came to the edge
beyond the yowling cities of the Earth
beyond the yearning harbor of Círden
beyond the lost shores of Númenor
I peered into the Great Silence
the mystics and poets all call God
I did not find cathedrals there
no whips or cilices
but an Untamed Wildness
concealed in Joy
This life you seek
this wild abandon
If not for love, then what?
Truth? But love is truth
the only truth that means a damn
the rest is speculation
a child’s war, made of stories
There is but one life
that is yours
one voice
made for what you’re
meant to say
Will you say it?
Or keep safe inside your
manageable lies?
I spread my wings
and took to the air
rose high in the thermals
above the West
I called forth light
a magnificent procession
and the Silence laughed
as he flew alongside
and it was worship
This is not my imagination.