METAPHOR...Uneasy language strains to form a vocal backdrop for the earth

Uneasy language strains to form

a vocal backdrop for the earth,

each metaphor will slip and slide

as rank confusion comes to birth.

We need to grip these powerful tools

which bring a richness to our thought,

to understand each twist and turn,

while finer truth is being wrought.

Transcendent energies will surge

beyond the value of each word,

that sound a deeper, richer note,

and challenge what once seemed absurd.

So bring these strategies to bear,

to make a mightier music now.

And as we listen earth will groan,

praise comes, creation shows us how!

Andrew Pratt 31/3/2014

Following a lecture by Rosalind Selby at Luther King House

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