I WONDER!!

 

I OFTEN WONDER ABOUT MANY THINGS,

ABOUT LIFE, ABOUT THUNDER, ABOUT PIXIE RINGS.

I TRY TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF THE GREAT MYSTERIES,

BUT IT DOES ESCAPE ME, SO NOW I NEED

 

HELP IN DISCOVERING THE WONDERS OF LIFE,

THE GREAT OCEANS, THE RIVERS, THE MOUNTAINS, FOR SURE,

THEY ARE THE GIANTS THAT TOTALLY ALLURE US

TO DISCOVER THEIR RICHES, THEIR BEAUTY, THEIR MAJESTY.

 

THE WONDER OF LOVE MYSTIFIES ME THE MOST,

DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND IT? TO HIM I SHALL TOAST

A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE FOR HIS BRILLIANCE SO GREAT,

SIT AT HIS FEET AND LISTEN TO HIM ORATE

 

THE GREATNESS OF LOVE, AND HOW IT DOES WORK,

DO WE MAKE THE DECISION TO LOVE, OR DO WE NOT?

I DO NOT KNOW, AND THAT IS FOR SURE, THE MURKY

UNDERSTANDING I HAVE IS NOT SURE OF ANYTHING.

 

THE WONDER OF YOU, HOW GLORIOUS YOU ARE,

YET TO OTHERS YOU SEEM JUST A REGULAR PART

OF THIS LIFE; BUT TO ME YOU ARE IT'S TOTALITY,

AND I DO NOT KNOW WHY, ONLY MY HEART

 

CAN TELL ME, BUT IT IS SO QUIET FOR NOW,

I WONDER, I BEG FOR A BIT OF INFORMATION, AND HOW

TO GET OVER THIS GREAT LOVE THAT IS BURNING WITHIN

ME, IT IS WONDERFUL, YET PAINFUL, SO LET IT BE.

 

FOR WE ARE TO LOVE, BUT WHAT KIND, MAY I ASK?

IS IT PHILOS, EROS, OR AGAPE, SOMEONE TELL ME,

PLEASE? THE ABOVE ARE BROTHERLY LOVE,

PHYSICAL DESIRE, AND GODLY LOVE, THESE THREE.

 

SO, THAT BEING THE CASE, LET ME ERASE

FROM YOUR MIND WHAT I THINK YOU MAY THINK,

THAT EROS IS THE MAIN LOVE, ALWAYS ON THE BRINK

OF DESIRE, BUT BROTHERLY LOVE COMES BEFORE

DESIRE..IT IS FRIENDSHIP, THEN COMES THE FIRE.

 

GODLY LOVE IS STILL A WONDER TO ME,

AS I CANNOT ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE GREAT LOVE

THAT HE HAS FOR EACH OF US, IT ESCAPES ME TOTALLY.

YET, I WILLINGLY ACCEPT THIS FREE GIFT OF LOVE .

 

FROM HAVING SPOKEN TO YOU THIS DAY,

IT SEEMS THAT I UNDERSTAND IN A BETTER WAY,

SOME OF THE WONDERS THAT BOGGLE MY MIND,

AND I LOVE YOU, MY FRIEND, THE BROTHERLY KIND.

 

I SHALL KEEP WONDERING FOREVER, I GUESS,

OR UNTIL WE ARE TAKEN OUT OF THIS MESS.

WE SHALL BE, YOU KNOW, FOR HE SHALL COME SOON,

SO THAT WE SHALL MEET HIM BEYOND THE MOON.



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