Shadowfacts

[idealdabbler]

The world is at once a passing shadow and final fact.

The shadow is passing into the fact, so as to be constitutive of it;

and yet the fact is prior to the shadow.

~Alfred North Whitehead~

Shadow Facts

The world a passing shadow

And yet a final fact

The fact precedes the shadow but

The shadow makes the fact

A tale of worldly origins

Not what I had in mind

A passing shadow roadside trip

With nothing left behind

By never giving all that’s asked

To satisfy with less

Bewildering the analyst

Who finds himself obssessed

Not what I say but how I say

Is what’s important here

Forgive me if I haven’t made

That absolutely clear

Don’t look from where the shadows come

For nothing’s really there

Keep well in mind the final fact

A shadow from thin air

And still a shadow passes by

To clutter up the fact

A new interpretation of

A never-ending act

The fact precedes the shadow but

The shadow makes the fact

All facts are final shadows and

All shadows passing facts

©2007 Thomas L. Royce

[AT8FATES]

very shady.

very cool!

peace,

AT8FATES

[Qryos]

~ Givin' me shivers!