Cleaner Than Clean

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. - Thoreau

buttercups floating in a summer stream

last night's stars shining in a fleeting daydream

walking an uneven balance beam

true love and faith begin with esteem

does your light shine with a high or low beam?

who or what fill's your empty canteen?

tell me, what does it mean,

to be cleaner than clean?

to mean what what you say and say what you mean?

Author's Note

"To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts... but so to love wisdom as to live... a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust".