Doubt

I have no answer for you.

Here on this barren slope,

Mistily there on that mound

Set out your fragile hope-

Doubt will water the ground;

Doubt, the authentic cry

Rainbow the earth to the sky.

(I am your mother, but I

Have no answer for you.)

River no sun falls through,

Doubt will flicker a dim

Cavern in which the blue

And silver fishes swim.

Doubt is the light and shade

Over the water, the clear

Image.that will not fade.

Doubt is the atmosphere.

False may be false or true.

Cling to the shimmering doubt.

Ask of the night. Go out

On wind and ask of the day.

Or, when the sky is blue,

Ask and receive-you may-

(Others will speak, but they

Have no answer for you).