[Philip Quinlan]

Upon There Being Not A Ritual

Upon there being not a ritual to say
Upon there being not a name for my belief
Upon there being not a body of the known
Upon there being not an answer in the leaf

Upon there being not a question in the stars
Upon there being not salvation for the soul
Upon there being not a God to make it well
Upon there being not an object or a goal

Upon there being not a purpose for the pain
Upon there being not a pathway to a bliss
Upon there being not a meaning to the words
Upon there being not a way of saying this

These things I dwell

Yet thereupon there being nothing further from the truth
And thereupon there being nothing briefer than this while
And thereupon there being nothing holier than hope
And thereupon there being nothing kinder than a smile

I make my peace



Let joy be unrestrained!

Philip

Thank you to Bill for putting the notion of peace into my mind. I'm doing good karma the best way I know how...