Poetry list
humility
pouring myself into
today and even tomorrow
am I taming or unleashing
the primal powers of
truth and mercy
justice and love
art does it by
faithfulness and prophecy
artifice and commerce
science by adventure
and innovation
exploitation and reward
but me –
and you –
dare we live what is never
and can never be
ours
but the mystery of
transcendence in immanence
unknowability expressed
in the diary and the dross
in the risk of a greatness
and a beauty
that has no end
© Neil Thompson 2022