Vast voyages of the mind
On the deck of HMS Beagle
Like the voyages of music
At the piano of Franz Schubert
Or the Search for a Theory of Everything
Of Einstein, Davies, and others
Or the dreaming of the Ninth Symphony
By Beethoven, deaf, courageous
The glaciers of Tierra del Fuego invite
Sunlight on the ice
Adventure through the retina
The senses absorbing essences
A girl with a lovely laugh
Is at the heart of the mystery:
Life, youth, and beauty -
Happiness in spite of all.
Knowledge is not gained through one means alone
Whether that is talked of as Science or Religion
Or the Intuition that integrates all,
Or Imagination, Emotion, or Greater Reason;
Only in miraculous flash, it seems
(But quickly forget that phrase, before
It becomes cliché) is anything happened,
And this is the opposite of Dogma.
When the hallowed sound of Mozart
Is opened to your soul,
Extraordinary it is to be alive,
Alert to such wonder.
Beautiful burning gods
We can burn and bite
We can eat and even turn,
In pilgrimage of soul
With mandolin or charanga notes,
Fantasy, love, bleeding pain,
Skip a beat of heart blood,
This is of love`s finality