The Sages of Consciousness

-G. David Schwartz

December 23, 2010

The sages of consciousness
Tape their dreams on my head
And headache pain rumbles out
And tests the migraine
The day dreams of testing thoughts
Make a wonderful noise for all
But the pain of discrimination
Shelters itself in raw
Meaningless temperamental shards
Making life sit up in a stroke
And fall upon its heart
So I sing to you with words
That nobody else even knows
And I just strain to hear your voice
While I am picking at my toes

G. David Schwartz is the former president of Seedhouse, the online interfaith committee and the author of A Jewish Appraisal of Dialogue. Currently a volunteer at Drake Hospital in Cincinnati, Schwartz continues to write. His new book, Midrash and Working Out of the Book is now in stores.

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*A Note From the Publisher - February 8, 2012*

Dear readers and contributors,

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