The unity of all things <br />is a belief which some <br />would consider pointless; <br /> <br />others might regard, <br />as insidious; suspect a lurking <br />hidden agenda; some <br />might says it’s useless and unproveable, <br /> <br />declare pathetic fallacy, and hurry on <br />to life’s more pressing details and specifics; <br /> <br />I can only say that there are things <br />so useful to the mind, although <br />they cannot be proved; <br /> <br />I’ll say that holding this concept, <br />this glorious possibility, in the mind <br />makes one more inquisitive, be it <br />journalist or writer, or simply <br />human being: seeking always <br />the causes of all things beyond <br />what they profess to be; <br /> <br />so too for poets, swimming in a sea <br />of metaphor – of all things joined <br />in one more radiant meaning which lights up <br />the life of every thing; as when <br />a housewife dusts and polishes <br />a room into a home; bestows <br />her being on our space; <br /> <br />the unity of all things <br />makes space for all things; <br />Creation promises some order; <br />behind the smaller things, the greater; <br /> <br />a place for grace, for ordered life, <br />for hope, and charity, and love; <br /> <br />a boundless place; a grace; <br />a graceful space.<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-unity-of-all-things/
