conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

a poem

Tota Scriptura Est

"sola scriptura"
By scripture alone
    am I to know God.
And yet holy scripture
opens me to the world
    and God writ large.
Would I rather say,
"tota scriptura est!"
Through the Risen Word
was the world made-
    a sacred punctuation,
    holy syntax
A strange essay where
the beginning, the middle
    and the end
are all One...Alpha,
                        Omega,
                            (a cruciform revision)
and a living, breathing thesis.

I wrote this.  I don't know why.

I was speaking with a friend about his poetry and I thought I would try this out. It is not easy and it could use a little revision itself. But here you are. Maybe I'll tinker with it and post again.