Ecclesia de Veritate (+1)

Kurt Philip Behm

Do we worship a concept

we cannot define

 

Do we dig for a treasure

that we’ll never find

 

Is the belief that it’s there,

enough to forge on

 

In perpetual failure,

no words to our song

 

Do we feel we’re the closest

when the bottom falls out

 

To be left further back,

and then bandied about

 

Does it even exist,

is it worth all the pain

 

The searching and fighting,

and what’s there to gain

 

Enduring the hardship

its pilgrimage holds

 

Because life without truth,

all body—no soul

 

To die unenlightened

and scarred from the search

 

Still a legacy worthy

—in veracity’s church

 

(Augustinian Cemetery: September, 2020)

 

 

Deliverance

 

Should I share my truth with you,

or take it to the grave

 

And bury what my life has been…

the fearful and the brave

 

Should I share a final word,

before my name is called

 

To pour your cup into that stream

—that runs beyond the falls

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2020)

 

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 29th, 2020 10:52
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Comments2

  • Whimsical_1

    I love the rhythm in your pieces!

  • Trenz Pruca

    I enjoyed reading both poems and speaking them aloud.

    • Kurt Philip Behm

      Thanks Trenz, that's the way I write them.



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