“Fall of Lucifer” by Aad Nicolaas
choose your angel
black wing or white
a life willfully led
to profane or
exalted experience
notions Aquinas
and Augustine
struggled to bridge
the dichotomy
marked by the
mutual rejection
of pure possibility
and destined necessity
even the ancient
academy wrestled
with postulates
plotted by the mind
of the Stagirite*
formal and material
of internal cause
or efficient and final
of external cause
giving every philosopher
down through millennia
choice of a shelter
from perpetual
rainstorms of
human behavior
believe it or not
be you deist or atheist
angels exist who will
force and compel
or assist and suggest
your own choice
of a personal journey
the choice being
ever and always
a matter of faith
*(the Stagirite was Aristotle)
Faith in doing the right thing my life view…one and the same I am guessing. Well chosen words Paul.
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yes – exactly so
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moral theology 101 . . . Thanks!
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we choose to believe, I believe
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EXCEPTIONAL WRITE!!!!!!!
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many thanks, ron
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And we choose every day.
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from the moment our feet hit the floor
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I prefer black wings…but probably not for the reasons one would thing. Great poem! ^_^
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much appreciated
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*think
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Wonderful picture of angels in Levis. It fits your poem well.
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I thought so, too
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