Camus Is You

Turning, turning, burning, burning
in a Pharoah's dance
marking the rising, rising
of the Nile's advance.
Great Khan's mandating, mandating
heaven's acceptance.
Shamans and priests ritualizing, proselytizing
for imagined power's embrace.
Poets and musicians futilely divining
partial patterns from a trance.
Scientists and quacks hypothesizing
from an always limited sense.
Officious leaders ignoring, deploring
reliable evidence.
All of us hoping, wishing,agitating
for revealed intelligence,
thinking, believing, always conceiving
humanity's importance
in a world revolving, evolving
without a backward glance,
within a cosmos expanding, expanding
way beyond our insignificance.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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Winter Avatar
October 6, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Congratulations on your featured write of the week. Love, Shar
Jordan Avatar
October 5, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Ahellas - Congrats on having your poetry featured this week - A message that all need to hear - God Bless
Suzadail Jr. Avatar
October 5, 2008 at 6:28 PM
There are too few today, who think, believe or concieve of humanity's importance in a growing cosmos. Congratulations on "Camus is You" being featured. As poets we can send the message and hope that it gets read. God Bless, Ahellas. Vince
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October 5, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Hi, I just wanted to drop by and add congratulations on having your poem featured to my other comment. I wish you continued success with your writing. Karen
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