Poem: Define me (if you can)

Define me, if you can

and define me, if you will-

for I am the Winged Bird of Paradise

(that soars to higher climes)

and I am the crawling worm

(lower than a snake's belly I slither);

I am the vessel of gold enwrought

(fit repository for heaven's wine)

and I am the earthen pitcher baked

(of strangely cracked design);

I am all things, all climes,

(the splendour of His Design)

and I am nothingness personified

(the essence of dust am I)

 

So define me, if you can

and define me, if you will,

for ultimately

I defy all definition.

 

 

 

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* From the Anvil of  Dreams, 1995