Symbols In Poetry Deepen Our Awareness. Poem by Dr. Antony Theodore

Instead of establishing
a new contact by
a meeting of minds
in the sharing of news,
the symbol tells nothing new.

It revives our awareness
of what we already know,
and deepens our awareness.

What is 'new' in the symbol
is the ever new discovery
of a new depth and a new
actuality in what is and
always has been.

The function of the symbol
is to manifest a union
that already exists
but is not fully realized.

The symbol awakens
awareness or restores it.
Therefore it does not aim
at communication
but at communion.