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Stephen Linsteadt - Artist - Poet - Writer
Hoping Sartre Was Wrong
Sartre,
the one who exterminated my hopes
and
sent grace scampering
under
the floor boards of the Baker’s shop,
left me
alone with only myself to blame for my own creation
as if
to say the unintelligible sculptor of the planets and the stars
accidently
let the primordial dough rise too long,
giving
birth to beings with no purpose or proper design--
an
assortment of enzymes and proteins left
to
create themselves the way mold proliferates
on the
Baker’s bread;
a pestilence before a host.
I am,
therefore I think,
like chocolate left on a chin
denying
the premeditated sin.
I hope
Sartre was wrong.
He said
we always have a choice and
choosing
not to choose is also a choice.
Therefore,
I choose that Sartre was only right
when he
said we become that which we strive for
or as
Goethe’s Faust believed: reality exists only in action.
Or said
like a Buddhist:
choosing
the action of non-action
is
having our cake
and
eating it too.
Stephen
Linsteadt
Copyright
2012
Stephen Linsteadt is an artist, writer, and poet. His creative work is an ongoing exploration into the study of cosmogony, alchemy, and the archetypal symbolism of Carl Jung. He has published poetry as well as articles on health, consciousness, and emotional well-being.
Website: www.stephenlinsteadt.com