Kit Kelen #1196 - in sure and certain knowledge

1196

in sure and certain knowledge

(old Truth is called to the stand, examined)

am I among words here to speak?

may I?

as much as to worm

same sky

and in the earth worms work

… we lie

friends, let’s have the truth

it won’t matter much who the music is for

I sleep under a dream

no daylit waking touches

past where the words are thick

and how the river rides

we swim

all will be well

and we’ll be golden

in the garden

dancing

and to sing

praises

for all that is

for the one

as much as to worm

same sky

and in the earth worms work

… we lie

in sure and certain knowledge

dead emperors

dead empires

dead languages of prayer

just because the mystery

of all that is

of everything we are

and some of us with knack to fib

fancied ourselves some flash god’s pet

religion?

funniest thing since lightning struck

since flood and fire and famine

it’s fear

and who’s in charge

that’s what religion

is / was

why?

just all because the mystery

is matter

of the animal we are

as much as to worm

same sky

and in the earth worms work

… we lie

I sleep under a dream

no daylit waking touches

tell truth

it’s nowhere but our hearts now

we are alive and well

forever

on to eternity, past

and till the cows come home

wake to the wicked world

it’s turning

bitter with the truth

better with big lies

tell truth

it’s nowhere but our hearts now

as frail and doomed as day

am I among words here to speak?

I sleep under a dream

oh comfort to be slave, believe …

but that is not for us, my friends

we’re otherwise condemned