'Greatness is more than a choice'
( Poem, in three parts )
1. Greatness is more than a choice
A thinking goes here: 'Love divine' -
- Divine love, that is -
Surpasses the love of woman . . .
But "the love of woman," versus "heterosexual love," is not a match:
Consider that in the second of these two,
Both parties are considered to participate
Whereas, in the other, the woman has no part
Amazingly enough.
There is more than one choice.
Even within the old world there is more than one choice.
The world in whole in mind is greater than the small-minded prate
Of the modern and unthought of:
To the 'Only mine or yours'
The all-plenum is more great.
2. I'm calling it in at last
Seven years ago this March, it was said
( - You can't say, 'predicted' - it wasn't, as results show - )
It was said that I would "die soon"
- I heard, the nut heard, the postman heard it too.
No one said 'no', but God.
This lie has passed the statute of limitations,
Other newer ones haven't yet.
"Crooked folk last awhile"; lies will last long :
But her love [ whatever that is ]* is a greater thing than time.
Time's lies and hate fade away against
The background of the eternal great.
3. 'Round the center
- I made my small observance of what should be common:
The little weary work that kept me going 'round and 'round,
The labor that came to nothing, fades away
As it should
Leaving to me the forever great and understood.
[ Poem, and all three parts, (c) May 8 2000, by Russell Hess. ]
- Page, and poem, both created May 8 2000 by Russell Hess, Webmaster (hess1@bigfoot.com) of 'UpSky'.
( - Official disclaimer: Hey, I just wrote this, that's all. I have no more responsibility for the contents than if it had been a tapestry my weaving machine had spun when I fell asleep over it while it was running... but, yes, I wrote it. For further explanations, click on the asterisk next to the words 'Whatever that means'. -R.H. )
