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"the Longest Mile" (Inspired By T.S. Eliot)

Ultimate truth it's cradle is wisdom All begins is wisdom’s simplicity Joins together a begin to an end(Agape's wedding band) Truth doth end all knowledge complexity Source wisdom refold remold wisdom gold Life’s journey’s end is a journey’s begin Ultimate choice humanity’s own voice Where wisdom begins and knowledge ends Wilderness__ lost souls intertwined__ in mind Thus we all shall arrive at very start To know wisdom begin for the first time Wisdom’s center where souls of hearts did part Through an unknown remembered sacred gate Unto source of wisdom’s longest river Souls return unto wisdom’s sacred fate To ultimate truth__ wisdom’s life giver Ultimate wisdom sacred DNA Wisdom’s Agape__ ultimate creator The child’s sacred return from it’s play Knowledge returns from complexity’s tour (Inspired by T.S. Eliot) We shall cease from our mind’s exploration Costing us not less than mind’s everything When our tongues of mind’s flame are in-folded Only then crowned knots of fire and rose become one 3-24-10 johnmosesfreeman@yahoo.com

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/8/2010 1:24:00 PM

Always very thoughtful, your poetry, john. You are awesome. LUv, andrea

Joyce Johnson

Date: 4/1/2010 11:21:00 AM

I enjoyed this thoughtful poem and thank you for your contest and for your comments. Love, Joyce

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 3/30/2010 12:06:00 PM

There is NO truth...what human precise as true one day....will be false a year hence...will be false in one part of the world and true...momentarily in another part of the world. There is no wisdom there is only the memorization or compliation of human stories. The only wise man is the man/woman who knows their own knowledge is flawed and constantly changing and that they know little.

Gerard Keogh Jr.

Date: 3/30/2010 8:25:00 AM

John, you have the fervor. And I can tell that it is true and good. Good for you! Too few people today believe in anything. And Satan never sleeps, as one can witness by just getting up each day and seeing the headlines. Something is on the way, to be sure. You can feel it, if you are honest with yourself. It's like the air that you breathe-you don't see it, but it's surely there. I came into the world not to unite, but to divide. Indeed, we might be seeing the beginning of that now... Gerard.

Jimmy Anderson

Date: 3/29/2010 4:54:00 PM

Hey John, Thnx for reading some of my pieces and leaving comments for me...it means a lot to me. ....I'm asking Audrey to post this comment for me. ....Jimmy

Doris Culverhouse

Date: 3/27/2010 5:01:00 AM

I saw Vincent Price preforming the Raven in a video--I wish I could write like that--poe was the master at description and I think I hold my breath until I am done reading.

Colleen Bono

Date: 3/26/2010 7:03:00 PM

Very interesting and well said.Hope you are well.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/25/2010 5:17:00 PM

Interesting thoughts that you have penned...I especially like the stanza that starts "Through an unknown remembered sacred gate"...The human brain has the ability to hold 3 million years of information...Keep the creative pen flowing.. Sara

Daniel Cheeseman

Date: 3/25/2010 1:59:00 PM

Enjoyed this read today, a lot going on in this fine write Daniel

Doris Culverhouse

Date: 3/25/2010 6:08:00 AM

enjoyed the write and the ts elliot poem!!

Linda Witt-King

Date: 3/24/2010 9:29:00 PM

This is deep and profound, John. Much to contemplate. I love the line "Truth doth end all knowledge complexity." Not to be redundant...but that's so true. ;-) Excellent write, and a worthy entry in the Journey contest.

Carrie Richards

Date: 3/24/2010 1:54:00 PM

An amazing poem for the Journey contest, John!! I hope you have entered this gem! There is so much wisdom spoken (wisdom's simplicity...as you have said so beautifully) (you have said it thoughtfully, and with grace! ) Excellent and insightful! Good luck! ~ Love, Carrie