“He looks around, around
He sees angels in the architecture
Spinning in infinity
He says Amen! and Hallelujah!”
“You Can Call Me Al”
Paul Simon
Are you a believer?
Do you believe
the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem
or Saint Peter’s Basilica?
Do you believe
Delphi’s temple complex
or Angkor Wat?
Do you believe
Athena’s Parthenon
or a Quaker meeting house in Philadelphia ?
Do you believe
the Blue Mosque
or the Hagia Sophia?
Do you believe
the Roman Pantheon
or the Mesa Verde kiva?
If you are offended
by the use of OR, preferring AND,
we need to talk.
Do you believe there are
angels in the architecture?
Do you believe there are
devils in the details?
Infinity
cannot be bound
by finite walls.
The blue silence
cannot be contained
in a chalice of gold.
Do you believe
stones can be stacked,
mud can be baked,
glass can be stained,
nails can be pounded into wood
words can be structured into creeds
to school the heart and mind?
Enter the temple of many through all these doors.
Exit through any as – ONE.
2013