Why do I believe what I believe? Everyone capable of asking themselves this question must confront the unsettling reality that they already believe something. We hold hundreds, maybe even thousands, of basic beliefs that we’ve accepted without laboriously and consciously questioning their validity[...]
Archive for October, 2008
October 31st, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in poetry
I See
I see the stars. I feel the moonlight gracing my cheekbone. I taste the clouds in my soul. I hear the shimmering and shining. I inhale the cool, sweet air. It is dark – all around – but I see the stars. I know the stars – the lights in our darkness. Their existence never [...][...]
October 30th, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in poetry
The Bible in 30 Lines
I would have loved you, Had you let me But you tie my hands behind me, And call furtive from the dark That you really daren’t harken to the voice of One Such as myself. You assume I’ve no heart in me Because my hands move galaxies. You take me simple: for a human, Charge [...][...]