Nothing More, Nothing Less

Seek what I seek,
not what I speak.

That whirling dervish of conviction one conveys
need not, nor should not,
suggest how the reader should believe,
convey,
speak,
or seek.

Though...

Would that more wordsmiths
were inclined to present but a perception,
rather than a guised demand to follow his or her belief,
such a reader challenge might lead
to a more enlightened state of mind.

For what is one person’s experience
Over another?

Can yours or my perception of experience
be an end all,
the way it is,
or should be?

Reality’s quest for truth
is to encourage consideration of options,
that which is a result of one’s own experience,
and lest we forget, Frederick Franck posits :
“An artist has an obligation to question the conditions that rule all our lives…
and to cause his audience to do the same.”

Such a simple maxim.

Nothing more.
Nothing less.