Friday, September 14, 2007
Holding god (poem)
Holding god
Man can embody truth
but never know it.
W. B. Yeats
Everyone knows
that you can't hold god
in your arms,
give it a name.
Nonetheless,
some keep on trying
for containment,
with their telescopes
and measuring rods.
Some declare
that if you can't put it
on a scale,
or if it doesn't, like
a snail,
leave a track
of where it goes,
it doesn't exist.
That way,
they are safe.
That way,
they don’t have to know.
Dorothy Walters
September 14, 2007
