Reading Meaning

 

Nietzsche said, “God is dead.”

And now, Nietzsche is dead too.

Dead, not just in body,

But in efficacy too.

 

Parables don’t relate

If we don’t ruminate.

What we purport was said,

Depends on how it’s read.

 

Intentionality

Is not reality.

It’s how the words relate,

That determines their fate.

 

When word is put to page,

It’s removed from its age.

It’s divorced from the “sage;”

Their wisdom, truth or rage.

 

Nothing means anything,

Until, to it, we bring

Perspective and bias.

That’s where the power lies.

And from where truth will rise.