0007 The Transcendent Poem by Michael Shepherd

'The Transcendent'...'The Metaphysical'...'The Higher Truth...'
spooky words used by
spooky people with
spooky minds who belong to
spooky organisations for
those who've nothing better to do?
These days words like this
sure look weird in cold print...

OK let's be cool about this
it could be worth a chat.

When you rush home from school
and at the door
the puppy barks at you and skids on the floor
cos he's wagging his tail that hard
and the cat condescendingly
acknowledges your presence and dispenses
a saucerful of warmth by rubbing against
your ankle or bare leg
and Mum groans in a friendly way
at all the smears on your clothes
you've acquired during the day
and Dad asks you what you learned today son (..uh...)

you're in the transcendental world -
of things that can't be nailed down or measured;
starting with love and happiness and faith and hope and trust
and a lot of other words
like justice, mercy, compassion, care, courage, selflessness,
generosity, humanity, enthusiasm, gratitude, praise...
which if we don't use them occasionally as words
but just take them for granted

disappear

from human mind.

and so poets being poets may take them down from the shelf
or out of the dictionary
once in a while,
dust them
and put them back looking as dusted things do
more noticeable and really rather fine.