mike@turing.cs.unm.edu (Michael I. Bushnell) (02/05/90)
Encounter
When in this life I seek to find myself,
And start without, in things and in the world,
Then vainly for the truth does my heart delve,
I flag and fail and from my means am hurled.
Next I seek to look at my own mind,
Looking always for myself within.
Introspectively my thought does wind,
I never end for I cannot begin.
But then the joy without for me does look,
And take me by the hand to see the light--
With rapture does eternal love me hook,
And force me to surrender without fight!
The light of God will always pierce the gloom;
With loving joy will I prepare the room!
Comments, suggestions, complaints, etc., are welcome.
Michael I. Bushnell \ This above all; to thine own self be true
LIBERTE, EGALITE, FRATERNITE \ And it must follow, as the night the day,
mike@unmvax.cs.unm.edu /\ Thou canst not be false to any man.
Telephone: +1 505 242 2329 / \ Farewell: my blessing season this in thee!