The philosopher asked the poet, <br /> <br />Does what the poets and the mystics <br />find in their hearts, agree <br />with what the philosophers have discovered <br />or reasoned to be true? <br /> <br />The poet answered <br /> <br />Yes, and No <br /> <br />and between the two <br />is a place, a space, where <br />the mouth is silent, <br />the pen hovers poised above the paper, <br />the eyes sparkle, <br />the heart leaps and rejoices, <br />and the mind soars on journeys <br />beyond anything that was known before <br />and lives experiences never before experienced; <br />finds words behind words <br />that were never spoken before, <br />sounds behind sounds <br />never heard before, <br />a knowledge beyond love, <br />a love beyond knowledge.. <br /> <br />a place where poets and philosophers <br />meet together in a world of wonder.<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-the-spirits-of-abn-arabi-poet-and-averroes-philosopher/
