Apr 2019
Two souls, convicted indeed
Two worlds apart
Yet both with an incessant need
To be heard,
To be blatantly understood
One, too black & white
One, too metaphorical for their own good
Opposites attract,
As astranged as they may seem
The preacher needs the parables
That the poet can dream
The poet needs the truth
On which they can expand
They are like two different instruments
Playing for the same band
Two worlds apart
Yet both with an incessant need
To be heard,
To be blatantly understood
One, too black & white
One, too metaphorical for their own good
Opposites attract,
As astranged as they may seem
The preacher needs the parables
That the poet can dream
The poet needs the truth
On which they can expand
They are like two different instruments
Playing for the same band
This was inspired by CS Lewis, who was a great book writer/preacher who married a poetic woman. And Billy Graham who was also a preacher/book writer who married a woman who wrote beautiful poetry. It makes me hopeful for my marriage. Because I am a very poetic soul and my husband is very “straight and narrow“ yet we utterly adore each other. We seem to have a similar dynamic to these.
