An Echo To A Storytelling Philosopher

 

For the love of God 

of life - he writes

For the love of 

ink flowing out his pen

and thoughts from his mind

For the love of 

Ibn Rushd over Ghazali

(yet of Plato's soul over Aristotle's)

For the love of 

reason, logic and science

the inevitability of cause and effect

For the love of

a pen mightier than a sword

imagination, knowledge and creation

For the love of 

the One who sends clouds

filled with rain so men can grow

corn and plants and lustrous gardens*

For the love of 

one who teaches through tales 

as enchanting as Shakespeare's and Chekov's

For the love of 

vital poets and prophets

no longer able to defend themselves

For the love of 

faith yet mocking the clergy

and standing up to the powers that be

For the love of 

verity, love and destiny chosen

and holding on to hope against all odds

For the love of 

liberty, equality and fraternity

moderation, sincerity and magnanimity

For the love of 

every silent sacred prayer

murmured to the One and Eternal

He loves and lives

for the love 

of God

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Note.

Surely, Aristotle, it is the body that belongs to the soul and vice versa 

and yet, Plato's right, my soul will survive and be freed from this cage.

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*  Bible or Quran, you choose....