Immemorial ... Inky

Today’s word is “immemorial” ... extending back beyond memory, record, or knowledge. (Dictionary.com)

Inky

So much is lost,

   Stone tablets and papyrus

        Cannot hold the past.

Stories told by human tongue,

    Perhaps more reliable, strangely.

But what is this “time immemorial”?

    We can know nothing of this time,

          Unless the rocks themselves

               Tell us.

And even then ... we are not sure.

      So, we are left with faith.

Faith in reason. Faith in ourselves.

     Faith in sacred writings. Faith 

          In what our intuition tells us.

And the Word. The sacred Word

     On which prophets stand.

          A good and level place.

Anne Selleck

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