O, how our minds need
to grasp: what is held in thought
is what waits in store.
Thinking, watching from
a perfect sanctuary.
Nothing understood.
Here, now, yet again,
a chance to experience
experiencing.
Ocean-walk at dawn.
Sun, surf, breeze, seagulls singing.
Godhead 1.0.
Silence says, “Come in.”
Learn here-dwelling, story-free.
Then — unchained — you’ll see.
Time is less a fact
of physics — or things changing.
More: our mode of mind.
How easy it is
to confess the wrongdoings
of people long-dead.
Anthony Acheson
Anthony Acheson is a retired minister ordained in the United Church of Christ (UCC). He was Pastor of the Greensboro UCC from 1999 to 2015. Some of this material has been adapted from his 2021 book of essays, “Beyond Denial.”He welcomes comment and conversation at [email protected] . Samples of his writing can be read at https://www.anthonyeacheson.com .
