A potpourri of short verses
May 15, 2008
Last updated November 28, 2011
Spider-Speak
An unending cacophony of words
Stuck in sticky strands of html
Sleepless, burning in the ether.
Waiting for some unwary web wanderer.
Always more words than wayfarers.
Who listens?
Journeyman
What seek you, Journeyman?
Is it the Havens of Unassailable Logic?
They lie behind you.
Go there, and rest.
I travel onward,
To see what I have not seen.
Child's Eyes
What have you found, Child?
Is it a relationship with Holy God?
His mystery and majesty engulf you.
Trust Him, and savor His presence.
Proclaim Him to those who need to hear,
That we may delight in Him also.
Oddfellows
Science and religion
Have often been at odds.
I find this very puzzling
For each has many gods.
Born of Ocean
Born of ocean
Banishes sunshine
Smothers mountains
Fills valleys
Chills skin
Fog fades to nothingness.
Tranquility
I stand at the edge of a vast maelstrom
Into which I might plunge at any moment.
I fear this maelstrom.
Yet I desire to leap into it with abandon!
My fear is of God.
My desire is for God.
The maelstrom is God.
Rose
Delicate white petals
Sharp thorn.
Ouch!
Red rose.
Questions
What do I hope?
What do I fear?
What do I need?
What can I bear?
What do I believe?
What will I do?
O! Micron!
O! Micron! What fine metrics lie behind thy mask!
If virus be thy definition
Is replication truly thine only task?
From what bat or mouse wast thou created?
Or wast thou born inside a flask,
Inside a lab, from enzyme and nucleic acid?
Your sequence contains how many bases?
With insertion, deletion, and substitution,
Mutation yields so many faces!
Declare your symptoms, cough, fever, or runny nose
Teach us how to count the cases
So that we may enumerate our woes.
Where lies the cure for your unkind gift?
In MAB, HCQ, or Ivermectin? C, D, or Zinc? Or quercetin?
Through how many more compounds must we sift?
When finally thou hast run thy course
Pray tell what follows, Xi or Omega?
And what new mandate will they enforce?
Of bases or cases, symptoms or causes,
Cures or treatments, or legal advices
What is the truth, and what is the lie?
O! Micron! What fine metrics lie behind thy mask!