Poem: The Quest

By Jack Brummet

Public domain image, "Soria Moria," painted by by Theodor Kittelsen in 1914.

It’s all one story—

                           A ragged

                                        Shape-shifting tale

Of incredible coherence and constance,
                           Encompassing all you know,
                                         All you don’t know you know.
                                                           
There is more
                            To be seen, tasted, heard, and felt
                                         Than can ever be known or told.

Our myths flourish and spread,
                              Person to person, 

                                          And mysteries of the seas, skies and stars

                                                           

Fill our collective conscience

                              With mystical scenes,

       Quests, and tales of greatness.

These myths, tales, and fables
                              Cannot be invented,

                                           Or ordered, or denied.

                          ---o0o---