Far Beyond Words

Thoughts on our world by the late Raymond V. Bomba. Photographs by his son, Christopher Bomba. Edited by his daughter, Mary Bomba.

Tag: defeat

August 21, 2014

OUT OF SUFFERING, SHOCK, AND DEFEAT

Out of suffering, shock, and defeat
may come an extraordinary renewal.
Almost every loss offers some hope of compensation.
Pain, in its many forms, may be measured
by the force it generates against itself.
Shock can be a warning.
Defeat can be a cleansing and a rebirth
that may be long overdue.

May 31, 2014

TRUTH HAS NO PRESCRIBED MEANS OF APPROACH

Truth has no prescribed means of approach.
It grows out of the realities with which it co-exists.

In the midst of some dereliction,
some defeat, some vast contradiction,
a tangible truth can be in the making.

In the midst of some vast turmoil,
there is always the seed of some great awakening.