Seeking until Found

Alan Harris

There is a footless path,

a carless road,

a planeless flight

to a placeless mountain

within.

When focused on our outer joys

we seek after things that weigh or thrill,

we dignify the use of force,

we laud coarse lucre with our hopes.

Seeking without, we remain without.

If we but listen quietly

for the call to an inner mountain state,

we find that our souls are known and loved

by a subtle shepherd grooming us

to serve and build, to sow and reap.

Knowing our knownness,

we may find our foundness.

All