The first is the booth of Seeing:
knowing what's going on,
understanding, placing everything
where it belongs on our Map of Things.
Instead there is light
too bright to see in.
The second is the house of Certainty:
knowing there is a law about this,
knowing we are right,
and that we know all there is to know.
Instead there is a cloud of unknowing,
thick as ignorance and even doubt.
The third is the temple of Control:
in which our powers are enhanced
and in the end we will have deserved this.
Instead there is not congratulation
but instruction: “Listen to him.”
There are no booths,
only a clearing
where the Beloved enters
a barely discernible path,
the path of mystery,
the path of wonder,
the path of trust.
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Service Art
Image 1: Liz Valente, Artist, Vanderbilt
Image 2: Georges du Mesnil de, La Tour, 1593-1652 Vanerbilt
