Eric M. Vogt
Copyright 2013
just who’s to say what’s in a man,
a hollow core or greater plan,
things we can’t see or understand,
all darkened shadows yet to pass.
we look at way of rotting tree,
the pungent smell of fish ‘pon sea
riding waves of eternity,
all darkened shadows yet to pass.
man to men is the master race,
the highest form of life in place,
with understanding of cloud’s grace,
all darkened shadows yet to pass.
as ev’ry tree must rise to fall,
as ev’ry being drawn by call,
we really don’t know All at all,
All darkened shadows yet to pass.
Eric M. Vogt, Copyright 2013
claudia
/ February 16, 2013i surely think there’s a greater plan and if we stay away from the shadows we can do the most amazing things…smiles..just my two cents…smiles
Eric
/ February 16, 2013You are absolutely right, Claudia, there is a greater plan. It just isn’t what most presume it to be. We have responsibilities rather than destinies. We can’t wait for things to fall into our laps. We are our own navigators, our own decision makers, for good or ill, all within our own Edens and all mapping out our own lives and outcomes. I present us both as evidence. We were given the gifts to be an artist, poet, dreamer and ponderer. But we had to choose to be thus. If the gift giver leaves his brightly wrapped box under our tree and we do not reach down appreciatively, open it and accept the gift, then we have failed to decide wisely and really have no right to the gift at all… And you have a precious gift, Claudia. That is obvious.
rawencounterswithestella
/ February 16, 2013Wonderfully written, Eric! I love this one!! Keep it up!!
Eric
/ February 16, 2013Thank you, Estella!
myrthryn
/ February 16, 2013Excellent. I believe we follow our own calling, and our own path. I do think man is foolish to suppose himself atop the tree of life, when we are just a small gifted branch on a single limb.
Will we succeed or fail as a race? At times I feel quite optimistic, at others , I have major doubts. Such is the world we love in today.
Eric
/ February 16, 2013Each stands or falls of his own accord. That is the supreme gift, the gift of free will. All creation is sacred. And we can never know God fully, even in an eternity. The truth is that we do not know everything in our brief span of life on this planet. And the truth is we were charged with being caretakers of the earth, not unmakers of it…
billgncs
/ February 16, 2013good one Eric!
Eric
/ February 16, 2013Thanks, Bill!
billgncs
/ February 16, 2013that had a Tolkien-ish feel to it.
deanabo
/ February 16, 2013This is really good writing!
Eric
/ February 16, 2013Thank you, Deana!