Beyond Reason (A Metaphysical Poem) Poem by John Thorkild Ellison

What shall we say in our confusion
If even Buddhism is an illusion,
If Jesus and Satan are hand in glove
And Kali (Destroyer) is full of love?

Shall we believe in Jean-Paul Sartre
Or simply dissolve in helpless laughter
That men could think they can explain
What drove the Prophets half-insane?

The answer to it all, my friend,
Is that our questions have no end,
It's really simple, take my word,
Our lives and deaths are quite Absurd!

And yet, you say, that cannot be,
My spirit TASTES Eternity,
And though it is beyond all reason
And intellect will call it treason,

I still believe He is my Lord
Who banished Harmony with a Sword! !


('I came not to bring peace, but a sword' are words attributed to Jesus in the New Testament)