so much of observation of the mind,
so much of consciousness itself revealed…
and all this given due language and due terms –
that we, the distant heirs, yet that same self,
may struggle, in our word-hoard so much less,
to stretch our minds to comprehend this wealth;
thus, make a virtue from necessity,
and as perforce the English mystics did,
with heart-warmed mind, speak true simplicity;
with mind-clear heart, reveal what’s God and hid:
and trust that godly silence, godly sound
shall yield that self-same truth to Western mind.