Michael Shepherd - 0085... ne'er the twain...?

So many centuries of Indian thought,
so many saints who found their inmost soul,
so much of observation of the mind,
so much of consciousness itself revealed...

and all this given due language and due terms -
that we, the distant heirs, yet that same self,
may struggle, in our word-hoard so much less,
to stretch our minds to comprehend this wealth;

thus, make a virtue from necessity,
and as perforce the English mystics did,
with heart-warmed mind, speak true simplicity;
with mind-clear heart, reveal what's God and hid:

and trust that godly silence, godly sound
shall yield that self-same truth to Western mind.

Michael Shepherd

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/0085-ne-er-the-twain/