Climbing a mountain in search for a valley ...
Psalm 1:2-3
2 Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands;
he meditates on His commands day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by flowing streams;
it yields its fruit at the proper time,
and its leaves never fall off.
He succeeds in everything he attempts.
Meeting in the valley
Searching for the Lord ... we will climb any mountain
We’ll try everything we can ... to get up on high
An “A” for effort ... but failing to find the fountain
which resides on lower ground ... freely and bright
How to know oneself through all the confusion
that hangs around ... our ability to think.
Like an outer garment it protects illusions
to seldom then discover the so-called missing link.
In search of calm waters and hunger for smooth sailing
Leaning on the experience ... that we never had
as the clouds gather ... on the picture we’re painting
to fake out our lives to appear ... mostly fairly sad.
Why should we search for others ... if we can’t find ourselves?
Why should we invest time there ... that surely is not ours?
Is it not probable that ... we never get to twelve
in our clocklike motion ... counting backwards every hour?
Jan Wienen