Concord

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The two are two resoundingly.  The two

Are one resoundingly.  The two are one

In Buddha, indivisibly, as blue

Is yellow, hues invisibly, haar one

With Saint John’s clarity of see-through gold.

In Christianity the One is Three.

The mystics in denials all withhold

That falsehood that opposes unity.

The pantheons of Hindu gods express

One utter Deity.  The avatars

Are Brahman.  They are all in fancy dress.

One God is Star who shines as sterling stars.

  The Two, the Three, the Many high in count

    Are Mars’s distant, cold Olympus mount.

~ Phillip Whidden