jdbphoto, La Manz. 1/10/17
The Great Unseen
Life without the Great Unseen
is merely nature’s grand machine—
things replicating with no end,
a road built straight without a bend.
No mystery or wondering when
there’ll be an end to where we’ve been
and a future reckoning
with all that has been beckoning
to lead us from this world more lean
to the richness of the Great Unseen.
My reason says there is no God.
After death, merely the sod.
And yet I yearn and wish and hope
when I descend life’s slippery slope
that at the end there’s more to see
than crumbled earth and rocky scree.
Another road on rocky shelf
that leads me deep within myself—
life being a long venture out
to see what life is all about
before we pull once more inside
to that deeper world where we abide.
Legend reckons heaven above
to be a well-lit place of love.
Those nearly dead have seen the light
welcoming and broad and bright
with familiar faces there,
free from hate and free from care.
What a lovely scene they weave.
If only I could just believe
their version of a paradise
so pure and perfect and free from vice.
I can imagine the purpose of
a world comprised purely of love,
but why this different world before—
this world of torture, hate and gore?
These things I ask are questions old,
gleaned from stories often told.
I do not ponder puzzles new,
bringing fresh problems into view.
It’s simply that we can’t resist
attempting to work out the gist
of what our being here might mean
and trying to solve The Great Unseen.
The prompt word today is unseen.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I particularly like this Judy. Maybe just a day of reflection, but your words make for reflection. Thinking about my dad and will I reconnect in the great hereafter?
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My reason tells me one thing and my wishes another…
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And interesting way to look at it. I think my road is very twisty and lumpy — that’s what I CAN see. I don’t want to know about the unseen pieces. I think that would be serious TMI 🙂
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TMI????
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The puzzle of life with no clear answers until the end of days and then it’s an aha moment. Always mesmerized that your rhyming seems to flow so effortlessly, Judy. ❤
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Thanks, Olga.. a surprise to me, too, every time.
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Great piece! I love how your poems rhyme and , specifically with this piece, I like how you begin and end with the Great Unseen. Nice job!
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Thanks, Darryl. I really appreciate your taking the time to comment!
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