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The Journey of Man's Soul

     God signs off on His handiwork
        releases into the world a human soul
     First inside the womb and then outside
        that soul begins to unfold  

     For mankind yearns to be free, free of direction
         ignores all instruction as its sets sail
     Free of direction and of directions
         Freedom the goal, man’s Holy Grail   

     With good luck comes wonder
         at creation, at a cosmos so awesome
     Though the journey leads, inevitably, 
         to frustration, disappointment, unripened blossoms… 

     Then the cruelest blow when eventually
         the unfolding process reverses
      The ramrod-straight frame 
         folding in on itself as it rehearses

      its return to its Maker, Who delivered it here
         Who lets man search vainly for freedom 
          and come up empty year after year
             ~ for only His Truth makes everything clear

Copyright © Gershon Wolf

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