making connections; cosmically waiting. (Eulenberg)

APPARITION

Boat after boat passes,
Sending on
From eternity to eternity
The living to-day, the dead to-morrow.
(he scoops in a handful of air)
I have thrown you a wave
From the ocean of humanity
-- Sea-urchins and shells and foam,
And animalculae
Caught in the froth,
Gone with its going.

You who are standing on the beach,
Awaiting the sound of the unknown,
And only too gladly fanned by the uncertain,
Stoop and observe
Even as I kneel
(he sinks down)
Before humanity
The Imperfect,
The Too Be Pitied,
And yet Alone Worthy of Worship.

- Eulenberg, Muckentanz