The Parrot

The parrot was amazing

It spoke just like a man

But words were void of reason

For it did not understand

And so it is with humans

Repeating what they hear

Believing without questioning

A pretense some revere

They echo luminaries

They even go to college

But "darken counsel" with fine words

By speaking "without knowledge"

Do you know? 

And do you care?

To walk the path 

That takes you there?

A mouth is not the oracle

Nor ear oblation's altar

But inner sanctum of the soul

Where truth reveals it's author

Intelligence is dispensed there

On a "need to know" basis

Thus coining correct questions

Will unlock enlightened graces

The inquiry, the answer

The knock, the open door

The seeking and the finding

Where haves are given more

The offering, the oracle

The earnest heart, the open mind

Like Urim and the Thumin

Where reason weaves her silken twine

And binds all things together 

In wisdom's weave--knowledge applied

As thirst is quenched

And purpose scribed

Unlock supernal conduit

And dance with the Divine

Awareness song sung in duet

Complete the link

And think

Alas, don't parrot in the blind