Foss penned wisewords to preachers
like a century ago
words that many'd do well to heed
this a century since
copycats we tend to be
under the guise 'why reinvent the wheel?'
when there be paths wheels may not go
better fin or wing or spirited thought
making a path is tough indeed
easier by far to follow
thing is, where the spirit leads
may well not be where the old paths go
bow and scrape and shackle mind
to copy minds 'great'
but 'twould be good to know
those minds their own paths created
better far for me i think
to pack the Book, shoulder my cross
head off into the forest dense ..
see where the spirit would go
Agreeing.
ReplyDeleteWhy should we copy and paste the thoughts of others when our own are just as profound, important, meaningful as another's. Might it be we hide away the words another would benefit by if read? Might it be we write in journals the secrets of the heart when another questions if their own thoughts should be hidden from view.
Why do we not be vulnerable for the world to see, we, too, are not perfect?