words ...

words ... .

why am i so taken with them
especially the written word

i fear it is too academicy
too theoretical
too pie-in-the-sky

i fear i'm full of talk
   'long-talk'
and many of the books i read
   fall right under that umbrella

fear

fear of being unreal
lying to me
and being lied to

fear of thinking
   i'm right-headed
when it's only my 'theology'
   my theothink
my academicy
theoretical
pie-in-the-sky
unreal
lies

because ...

when the door is closed
and the sun sets
i have to assess
me
and have
me
assessed

theory
what i think
what they think
   who write words
matters little

what matters is
life
and
death
and newlife

and what kind
of life
and death
and newlife

... fear .... .. .

am
i
words
?

selah ..~


shalom