I like this one. I like it for me/the usual things writing poems does for me. (Helps me not get stuck, allows for intuitive/inspired/creative jumps in understanding, makes unexpected connections, the joy of creativity, etc.)
But I also potentially like this one for you … I’m curious how people who read it engage with it. What question drives you?
Don’t read this italicized portion if you want to read the poem “cold” (or read it after you’ve thought about it) … but I do know that there are a whole bunch of things that could be said about this poem that might help parts of it be less cryptic. So here are three:
1. The question in the movie was “What is the Matrix?” The question I had in mind in the second stanza was “Will you trust Me?” (asked by God). The implicit question at the end of the poem is “What’s yours?” (Hence me posting this particular poem and writing what I wrote above!)
2. The “daughters of Jerusalem” are a reference to the three-fold chorus in Song of Songs urging them not to awaken love until it so desires.
May today be filled with wonder, joy, and deepening experiential knowledge of the real depths of the world we truly are made for–and live in the midst of. And I’d love to hear how any of you engage with this — I’m at john@ichthusmhk.org!
