My life in thirteen lines

My life in thirteen lines

©Karel Reus, July 2017

The philosopher in me

asked questions.

Been there! Done that!


The activist in me

sought change.

But not much happened.


The theologian in me

proposed answers.

But mistook the questions.


The poet growing in me

probes between the words and lines

and fossicks for the mind of God

....in hope.

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