The Gordian Knot

[thrall]

Passion of truth
Deceptions of lies
Release not the beast
Who lives inside

Shadows from the past
Cast shade in the future
To fish the same shallows
A marksmen again

Test not the metal
The steal of the soul
That cuts with an edge
A terrible blow

Present not the face
The Gordian knot
For damned with faint praise
And murder will out

[Warbaby1943]

Another good one that I understand since your explanation.

I don't know how in some of these threads someone's comments are appearing ahead of the start of the thread though. Like this one, at least for me, Rhabbi's comment shows up as the first post in this thread ahead of your poem.

You are absolutely great, keep it up.

[TG]

Doesn't the Gordian knot tell us it cannot be untied without destroying it, this union of "Passion of truth, Deceptions of lies." It can't be untied.

And mustn't the "Shadows from the past, Cast shade in the future," alway betray the future, since the fisherman are fallible humans, who can only fish in imperfect pasts.

Mustn't the metal alway be struck that terrible blow.

Doesn't the Gordian knot tell us that "murder will out" cannot undo the problem. That as much as "murder will out" it doesn't answer the "terrible blow."

And if "murder will out" is not the answer to the Gordian Knot, than what is?

[tessa]

I just marvel at the soul you are, Thrall. Amazing.

tessa

ps. Warbaby, it's the time stamp issue. I believe they are working on it, but still, it's a bugger.

[Rhabbi]

I love the passion in your writing, and the technique is much improved.