The Forest and the Tree

The tree looked for the forest

So small it couldn't see

Beyond its own obstructed view

Because of all the trees

"I wish I knew if it were true"

"They say it's quite a sight"

"I wish I were a part of it"

Then I'd believe--I might

The Pebble

The pebble was a tiny fleck

To boulders insignificant

The mountain rumbled, "Both are mine!"

"And from my own beneficence."

Origin

From what did we originate?

But from the dust of earth

From what did earth originate?

But from the universe

From what did it originate?

The big bang? 

What was first?

The Origin of origin's

Eternal giving birth 

Sire

Divine the spark within me

In likeness of I AM

To understand myself

Is thus a measure of the knowledge grand

That links me to transcendent Sire

Eternal Origin

Since When

I realized I existed

And then exclaimed, "I am!"

But as the words escaped my lips

I asked myself, "Since when?"

Right and Wrong

My child knew addition well

The formula down pat

She understood the concept

And could reckon simple math

I tested her on factors

"What's 2 x 2?" I asked

She quickly said, "It's 4, of course."

It seemed she had it grasped

"I didn't know you knew your times."

"Neither did I." was her reply

"Then how'd you get the answer right?"

"You've always said I'm very bright."

"Beginners luck!  What's 4 x 4?"

She replied, "8. . . got any more."

I said, "I'm sorry dear--that's wrong."

"My answer's right." She said headstrong

"I know that 4 and 4 are 8."

"That's adding dear and that is great!"

"But multiplied they are 16"

She looked at me inquiring

"But 2 x 2 is 4 you said."

"I did it right inside my head."

"That's right but wrong" I then explained

"The way you get there's not the same."

So I taught her the difference 

Between adding and multiplication

And that right answers can be wrong 

Under certain situations

That knowing truth is more 

Than parroting answers correctly

For how you deduce truth is proof

Of reasoning directly

Enlightenment can thus insure 

Our future calculations

Till brick by brick the pieces click

In grander realizations

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