Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SOLVING THE MYSTERY, by RICHARD W. LEWIS


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SOLVING THE MYSTERY, by                    
First Line: Silent I sit and gaze at space
Last Line: No time to gaze, no turn to shirk!
Subject(s): Introspection


Silent I sit and gaze at space,
Amazed at man, and time, and things;
Intent to solve myself, and God,
Despite the blank my thinking brings.

From out what depths of dark unknown,
Comes all we are, and all we hold?
To what vague end are we a-treck,
With eyes so blind, and mien so bold?

What means this rush, and driving hard,
With brains ado by day and night --
Strong men half daft, who wrought in vain,
To pile up wealth with wit and might?

How comes that we of school well taught,
Apart from runts and low bred imps,
Should face this farce, depression-brought,
And fight the air like floundering blimps?

Is there no zone of "safety first,"
Some port toward which we may set sail,
Midst calm to rest our ship at worst,
Defying winds that twist and wail?

Must hearts of men in wonder gaze,
And think with brains that ache and burn,
With naught of peace to soothe the brow,
In ways awry that will not turn?

Too long we've looked too low, too far, --
The time is here when man must search
At home -- his heart -- and know his state,
To free his life from blight and smirch,

When this is done, we'll onward march!
Our wheels will turn; and men at work,
Will win the day with help divine,
No time to gaze, no turn to shirk!





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