Favorite Quote
"As often as a study is cultivated by narrow minds, they will draw from it narrow conclusions."
-- JOHN STUART MILL
Poetry
Go Now Into the Darkness of the Night
Go now into the darkness
of the night.
Awake when you can face
the coming day.
Lay down until the end of fading sight.
Prophets who shout and
claim they’ve seen the light
Then realize they’ve seen
but just one dimming ray
Go now into the darkness of the night.
Soldiers lost in wars for
what is “right,”
Before the shrouds and
maggots and decay,
Lay down until the end of fading sight.
Children who sang and ran
with flying kites
And now can see the end
of endless play
Go now into the darkness of the night.
Elders viewed as losers
in a fight
Against the wrinkles, lines,
and passing days,
Lay down until the end of fading sight.
And now, my dear, with
all your might,
Release the pressure of
an anxious day.
Go now into the darkness
of the night.
Lay down until the end of fading sight.