Do we still search
beyond the facade of life,
into the recesses of our souls,
for meaning that transcend ourselves?

Where are the Kants’
searching for the source of knowledge
deep within our experiences
in a metaphysical world?

Does Socrates’ still believe
that we carry within us all knowledge,
and that evil
is simply ignorance?

And does Zeno still
play with paradoxes
challenging the Gods to a race
and betting on the tortoise?

Is God still damned by Nietzsche
and life set upon our shoulders,
writing “ Thus Spake Zarathustra “
while going quietly insane?

Who today will challenge the course
that guides us on this path?
The thinker, the poet, the artist of thought,
so silent as time does pass.



~SAS 4-28-14