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Can We Know the Truth

can we know the truth
was the question before Ludwig Wittgenstein
the thought pondered by all the great minds
philosophy, theology, and science could produce
and i have pondered all of this
then you enter the room
the smile you wear acknowledges within me
the love you bear for me
eyes that consume me in ownership
an Elysian meadow from which
i wander in the beloved moments
your hand joined in mine
outside of this plasma we share
the mathematics continues unfolding
can we know the truth, a single one
the Golden Ratio continues
yet the butterfly wings' omen
has never come to fruition of anything
such as the heavens awaiting you bring
Camus held life was meaningless
died another drunken fatality
proving some lives are meaningless
while others pursue highways
changing lives with an elucidating sobriety 
it was in your essence i found the key to life
logic has filled many a potter's field
an infinity of complications to the equation
on-off ramps, cul-de-sacs, straightaways
claws upon the chalkboard at the necropolis
and the key was in surrendering to your lips
ending the barriers within of shattered hearts
leaving the cave of shadows
down the dark corridors
into the light you are
as your hand glides into my cheek
our eyes lock in an embrace
i have come to know God
never gives up His chase of Grace
blind fools who wake up and see
the angels have always been
walking with us

   Oregon   10/23

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Date: 10/19/2023 6:14:00 PM
ahhh, guess I be one o’them blind fools… probably one example why the bible tells us not to call others fools? Throughout literary history, MEN have written some superb love poetry. I’d put you among those ranks, Timothy. I’m sure your wife knows, but if not, you may tell her i said so. Jim tries to act tired of me penning him love poems, but as a man, he’s gotta act thar way… good to see you! May the muse be with you!
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Date: 11/22/2023 8:29:00 PM
thank you Sally....i pray for you two nightly....with each love poem you write you better Theodore Roethke....held as a great poet and yet was an utter failure at writing love poems...keep at it, 1 Corinthians 13:4–8a (ESV) Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth

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