Transcendence

Transcendence My cat’s content, she cannot see the end No road ahead, no thoughts to comprehend Or search for something that she will not find No disappointments, just around the bend She has no dread of death, no sense of loss No spectre’s hand to try to reach across For pure in heart, though finite in her mind Her spirit freed will e’re bypass the cross Devoid of sky she plainly marks each day Unfettered from a knowledge of decay Forgetting good and bad she leaves behind She has no need to innovate or pray Of her I am at times most envious Yet glad that she remains oblivious To hope we *****Sapiens must bind With yearning hearts opaque to luminous The less obscure, though they are safer still To long for seas, songbirds and daffodils For fields of victory we all have pined Let science satisfy, and man’s goodwill And take the risk, and walk the narrow lane Transcending cat and ape and human brain Remembering that a quest for God may blind Those seeking from a world immersed in pain The more aspired the hope, the more the strife Too many in God’s name unsheathe the knife Let’s be with loving kindnesses aligned Dream high! Dream low! and join in afterlife