THE BETTER PATH

[© 2009 George Harrison]

[Once again, the Verses and the Archetypes make the point that Nature is a better teacher and Source for lasting, True Wisdom than man-made institutions or hierarchies. Though an intellectual challenge, the Verses indicate that solitude with Nature will yield a better "conversation" than those of society. Let's explore "The Better Path".]

Welcome again and nearby draw

You needn't come to me in awe

For better now You'll understand

The Essence of the place of Man.

The shackles of your Mind like scales

Shall fall upon your well-worn trail

And then, before you lies like new

A better path with morning dew

Still lying on the fresh green blades

Like diamonds on the path you've prayed

To find for lo, these many years

The dew's your transformed, suppressed tears.

Now sparkling in the early Sun

The path you've only now begun

To tread will yield what Nature praises

A Mind released from Mankind's cages.

What cages do I speak of now?

To dare to slaughter sacred cows?

Do schools and governments partake?

Aren't these the walls that prisons make?

Politics; Science collude as well

And of society make a hell

A pleasant prospect compared to the walls

That make our given Minds so small

Press onto the Path

Where no crowd treads

and leave behind

the living dead

Peaceful, alone,

Conversation abounds

Where Nature itself

Is the only true sound.

Then observant, alive

Even closer you'll draw

On a pristine, bright Pathway

With new Reverence and Awe.

From "THE BETTER PATH", Return to "THE COLLECTION"