moonlight reflection
Oh Galileo what did you see?
Did it make you a prisoner or did it make you free?
Did it fall from a crapshoot or did it have to be?
Did it matter more than the great mystery?
Were you too smart by far or too smart by half?
When you speak of the future the devils laugh.
When you looked through the eyepiece
What did you see?
Was it sacred mountains or the Holy See?
When you looked at that hanging heavenly moon
Were you looking too late or looking too soon?
Were you looking at the future or looking at the past?
When you speak of the future the devils laugh.
When you looked through the eyepiece
What did you see?
Was it food for the soul through a refectory?
Was there a mirror at the other end
With an eye looking back searching for a friend?
Was it a golden vision or a golden calf?
When you speak of the future the devils laugh.
Oh Galileo what did you see?
Was it a lover’s moon from a tapestry?
Did it move your heart as it moved through your day?
Did it move in a way that made you pray?
Did it separate the wheat from the chaff?
When you speak of the future the devils laugh.
When you looked through the eyepiece
What did you see?
Was it a view of the trinity?
Was it the end of the line or eternity?
Was it sorrow or was it ecstasy?
Was it the Devil or was it God?
Was it the face behind all the façades?
Did you shudder from the power of the blast?
When you speak of the future the devils laugh.