Out Of The Prison Of Our Narrowness Poem by Richard (Narad) Eggenberger

Out of the Prison of our Narrowness

I see beauty where the world sees dust
And truth beyond the falsehoods we employ,
Misgiving melting in the arms of trust
Pain and suffering transformed to joy.

I see the breaking of the ego-shell
That gave us strength and formed identity
But now confines us in a corporeal cell
And keeps us other than we ought to be.

I see peace descending on the battlefield
The warring tribes of man subdued at last
By a force so powerful that hate must yield
To love or humankind will not last.

I see a light in the heart of every child
The beauty and strength of women leading us
Towards a Truth, a vision undefiled
Out of the prison of our narrowness.