they reason from the scriptures and they fail

they reason from the scriptures and they fail
their understanding minds don't understand
they find the end of reason, chase its tail

their minds, through scripture's imagery set sail
they crash the jagged reefs and there they strand
they reason from the scriptures and they fail

before real knowledge reasoning does pale
real knowledge gifted from the true God's hand
they find the end of reason, chase its tail

and can't prove scripture's more than just a tale
upon real knowledge they will never land
they reason from the scriptures and they fail

to real knowledge there's a proven trail
of fasting, prayer, sacraments so grande
they find the end of reason, chase its tail

and never 'gainst their reason will they rail
true knowledge will elude them like the sand
they reason from the scriptures and they fail
they find the end of reason, chase its tail

(C)2009, Christos Rigakos