The Infinity of Truth

The Infinity of Truth
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I strutted peacock like in hubris and illusion
Radiating knowledge, knowing all there was to know
Certain in the truth that I had found
Which in my folly, I wanted to show

Truth was not simple, truth was not so true
Truth was not static, absolute, something to compare
Truth was not yours or mine or theirs
To argue and impose, defend or declare

My microscope told me a cellular truth
My vision of a red rose told me more of that truth
I looked altogether at the plant, roots and tree
Truth was everywhere, staring right at me

I drifted on a balloon over the rainforest canopy
Truth was clearer floating right in front of me
Above truth of wars, the viciousness of undeclared peace
Of narrow domestic walls and boundaries

Faster than the speed of light with my mind I streaked
Felt no heat as I pierced the sun
Slingshot to the Oort clouds in the outer milky way
I stumbled, I stopped, looked back to the truth at home

Saw our planet blue and white, veiled in swirling clouds
Saw it framed by a deep black velvet cosmos and saw
Saw truth beyond the rational, truth of a living planet
Saw a harmonious, intelligent, living universe

Despite the truth of conflict and wars
Despite the truth of racial strife, truth left unsaid
Despite greed hacking rainforests bare
Despite the million species that no more share

Truth more real than reality itself
Truth of fellowship of all life in the creative web
Truth of our own uniqueness through which we seek
Truth that we must find alone

Truth that links six billion hearts together
Truth of uncertain minds that our mind must touch
Truth of this, truth of that, truth that blows truth apart
Truth shimmering beyond ideas, those viewed in part

Truth in the knowing and the moment to be known