Life is an eternal search
....For meaning
....Identity
....Value
....Fulfillment

Many strike out in varied directions
....Worshiping the Baal of work –
....yet sensing something is missing
Accruing the Midas touch –
....wondering what it is all worth
Devouring sensual pleasures –
....never finding satisfaction
The temporal so finite

Answers are sometimes discovered in dark places
....Where one never wants to return
Glimpses of light eke their way to the surface
....Offering hints of wisdom
....And cognition of truths

Perhaps the infinite lessons are found through others
....Not via packaged lectures and CD’s
....But through the gift of selfless service
....Permitting soothing lotions to anoint the soul
The clouds and fog that envelop
....The mountains and the paths dissipate
....Revealing with clarity the road home

By Past President - Bob Casey
From his series
Observation Series #3 - Poetic comments on everyday happenings, sometimes with a political or moral comment.