The Age of Reason

The poem, “The Age of Reason” is based on, “Urania Relequary”, an assemblage, by Phil Parker. This assemblage is part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Art in Deland, Florida.

The Age of Reason

Now that we know the planets have elliptical orbits around the sun, 
and now that we understand that there are laws that govern the motion and pull of the planets and celestial bodies, 
can we agree that the female form is among the most exquisite of the Almighty's creations? 
A masterpiece capable of more and one that should not be branded as only a seductive temptress. 

We all come from a woman and from woman the world continues. 
This is why she stands under the starry paths holding a sphere, 
as evidence of her place in the universe and of how she adds to its' continuing motion and then there is her essence all tied up in her curves. 

I can see that my mother is a woman and that my daughters hold my heart in their hands the way she holds the sphere in hers. 
So comfortably in the palm of her hand. 

The sphere is not the proverbial apple, 
but rather the world she longs to step into where she is not the rival of man but his equal. 

In this Age of Reason there is nothing more reasonable. 

T.S. Deary 
January 2023