May 17, 2007

On the apostasy

Spun off from the eddy of faith
My bark, like a bottle enclosing an old note,
Wallows awhile in the backwater shallows,
Righting itself for what’s next.

Then, in the becalming the becoming:
An oarsman of reason evolves,
Pulling stroke after logical stroke
Fearless toward the Bright-troubled sea.