Fides Quaerens Intellectum
So dazzled by intellectual radiance studying Plato—
but weekends: spelunking in underground dens,
chained to bar stools, happy smoke rising,
grasping at shadows of images under sheets—
The Republic mummified in the cinder-block bookcase.
Now decades ago. Dusty memories.
Fides quaerens intellectum
“Faith seeking understanding”
A saintly man once wrote.
Faith? Mine unpeeled as apple skins
left overnight on the deck
even blackbirds snub.
My faith seeks His understanding arms
so now I believe that I may understand.
Peter C. Venable 