A Welcoming Hymn
The deeper you care
the more remote you become
What the present reveals
no clock can outrun
The past and the future
for others to know
This journey one-way
where detached you must go
Those voices who call
pull you deeper within
Not lost but alone
taking flight back to Him
As Jesus, The Buddha
and Crazy Horse knew
The path to true knowledge
doubt ridden and strewn
With the old voices silenced
new voices begin
As your eyes slowly close
— to their welcoming hymn
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)
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Philosophical exploration of detachment, knowledge, spiritual transcendence beyond personal narrative
Multiple layered ideas per section: care/remoteness, time paradox, spiritual journey, doubt, silencing
Melancholic yet transcendent; solitude tinged with spiritual peace and acceptance
Measured intensity; contemplative pace with occasional kinetic moments like 'pull' and 'flight'
Approximately 24 lines; falls in 16-30 range
Rich metaphors: journey, flight, voices, closing eyes; personification of voices and knowledge
Primarily lyric internal meditation; minimal dramatic persona, universalized spiritual voice
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