SIMPLE TRUTHS-GIFTING A BOOK

You, my friend, who are in my heart and mind

I gift to you a book

SIMPLE TRUTHS

These aren’t my simple truths

These aren’t your simple truths either

They belong to Frank Nerburn

And like the sip of an aged wine

And the music of great poetry

We come to hear then and taste them all a little differently

Over time.

Sometimes we share a book

To offer a view through another door

To hear another story, which is not yours

But another’s thought, which is there.

I don’t want to read a book, and look for connection

To what I already hold true

Or find what I hold true in someone else’s words….

 I want to read a book and loosen my connection,

And stand no where, except in hearing ones

                       SIMPLE TRUTHS

-          Karen Gruber  2012