Beauty disarms

kindness does not own

hope arrests

love knows and un-knows

go into mystery

trust what you find

life gets weird

when reason’s left behind

reason is great

reason is fine

but not if it’s built on

foundations of lies.

We must use human reason

but remember its woes

our reason slaps boundaries

wherever it goes

wherever it needs them

to think it understands

but the measures don’t exist

except in our heads.

human reason assumes

a solid place to stand

a true way to measure

the lay of the land

to weigh the importance

of each measure’s facts

but these standpoints are created

by human thoughts and acts.

Some justify cruel actions

by setting those as “truth”

fear freezes cruelty into boundaries

real enough to force us into that “truth”

what we must remember is this

God didn’t come to die

so empires could exist

on random rules enforced by some

so they could hoard all earth’s gifts

and justify their theft

with perameters of “reason,”

repeating til death

“That’s just the way it is.”

Selah. Breathe.

God.

Please.

help us see

with Your heart

and not just our fear

and our “reason”.