DOWN THE SHORE WHERE I LIVE
THEY BUILD HOUSES ON STILTS
IT LOOKS ODD
AS IF THEY BUILT IT
FROM THE ROOF DOWN
AND FORGOT THE CELLAR
IT’S TO ALLOW THE OCCASIONAL
HIGH TIDE
OR STORM SURGE
TO PASS UNDER THE HOUSE
PROTECTING IT AND ITS CONTENTS
HOW LIKE A MAN
TO COME TO A OCEAN’S EDGE
BUILD ABOVE IT
OR OVER IT
A MORTAL’S WAY
OF WALKING ON WATER
HOW LIKE A MAN
TO COME TO THE ENVELOPS EDGE
AND PUSH IT OUT
AND THIS WAS A TRAIT
THE CREATOR FATHER GAVE MAN
TO QUESTION
TO SEEK ANSWERS
IT’S THE REASON
MAN HAS DONE GLORIOUS THINGS
IT’S THE REASON
MAN HAS DONE UN-GLORIOUS THINGS
NO TELLING WILL TEACH HIM
HE HAS TO LEARN BY HIMSELF
THE STOVE IS HOT
WE’VE HAD FOR TOO LONG
A SPIRITUALITY
THAT DEHUMANIZES MAN
WOULD TURN US ALL
TO THE DESERT FATHERS
BUT MAN’S GREATEST GIFT TO GOD
IS MAN FULLY ALIVE
AS ST IRENAEUS SAID
SO MAN CAN PLUMB THE DEPTHS OF SPACE
THE DEPTHS OF HIS SOUL
THE DEPTH OF DEPRAVITY
BUT COME
BE THE MAN I CREATED
COME AND BE THE WONDER OF MY WORKS
FOR MY WORD IS TRUE
AND WILL COME TO FRUITION
IT NEEDS YOU
YOU
YOU AND YOU
TO BUILD A HOUSE ABOVE THE STORM
ABOVE THE RAGING SEA
WHERE MEN WILL BE MEN
IN THE HOUSE THAT WE SHALL BUILD
FRANK A VOLLMER
