Thought Snippets
by Zettel
Posted: Saturday, March 5, 2005 Word Count: 167 Summary: Not quite poetry. But playing with ideas like skimming stones on a docile sea. The kind of thing you note on a scrap of paper - a 'zettel' in German. |
Thought Snippets
God came to me in a dream
I dreamed God came to me
Language of commitment
Language as commitment
Reading the words
Reading the sense
Following a rule
Being guided by a rule
Believing you know
Knowing you believe
Saying what you mean
Meaning what you say
I believe, help Thou mine unbelief
I know…I need no help
The pursuit of happiness
Finding happiness
I know I'm a bad tennis player
But I don't want to be a better player
I know I'm unkind
But I don't want to be kinder
Please talk to me
Don't talk at me
Doubt is the seed of thought
Certainty never germinates
There's nothing to apologise for
I won't apologise
Why should I apologise?
If I apologise….
When I apologise…then
Perhaps I should apologise
I ought to apologise
It is my duty to apologise
I regret it
I am ashamed
Sorry
Zettel 2005
(The last stanza dedicated to Mr Blair. Keep at it Tone - you're almost half-way there).
God came to me in a dream
I dreamed God came to me
Language of commitment
Language as commitment
Reading the words
Reading the sense
Following a rule
Being guided by a rule
Believing you know
Knowing you believe
Saying what you mean
Meaning what you say
I believe, help Thou mine unbelief
I know…I need no help
The pursuit of happiness
Finding happiness
I know I'm a bad tennis player
But I don't want to be a better player
I know I'm unkind
But I don't want to be kinder
Please talk to me
Don't talk at me
Doubt is the seed of thought
Certainty never germinates
There's nothing to apologise for
I won't apologise
Why should I apologise?
If I apologise….
When I apologise…then
Perhaps I should apologise
I ought to apologise
It is my duty to apologise
I regret it
I am ashamed
Sorry
Zettel 2005
(The last stanza dedicated to Mr Blair. Keep at it Tone - you're almost half-way there).