Poem on the life, philosophy and death of Giordano Bruno.
He saw the universe as infinite and was burned after a mock trial in year 1600.
1
In a dream I flew out,
beyond the Moon and Sun,
to realise that we
and everything are one.
2
Suddenly skies were clear.
A veil was pushed aside.
The sun is just a star.
A door was opened wide.
3
The endless universe,
nothing is as it seems.
Nothing lies below us,
and nothing reigns supreme.
4
The firmament and stars
I've blown apart today.
Before us lays a path,
a pure and brighter way.
5
The world is infinite,
there is no down or up.
The woman's not below;
the man is not atop.
6
It's not symbolism,
fantastical ideas.
It's the physical world,
there are no borders here.
7
To see the opposites
and follow where they meet.
Such a profound magic,
revealing their deceit.
8
In poison we find cure,
a circle forms a line.
The anti-Aristotle
sees space entwined with time.
9
Look beyond the limits
and ask what lies ahead.
You must become a flame
so you are not mislead.
10
The hierarchy of fools
preserving old ideas,
in academic halls,
to anyone with ears.
11
Even the brightest minds
find my ideas grotesque.
Their world is breaking down:
the logic of the West.
12
From France to British shores,
my writings will be spread;
down through central Europe
- to Italy I'm lead.
13
Italy, my first love
my mother's tongue, so dear.
The final journey home,
returning without fear.
14
Was I invited here
as bait, a cunning ruse,
to the inquisition,
where sanity will lose?
15
I heard about my crimes,
but truth is not a sin.
My footsteps are the light
for others to walk in.
16
The bedrock of the Church
is shaken by my thoughts,
but I will not subside,
or change my burning words.
17
My innocence is clear
to a mind of reason.
If you follow logic
it can not be treason.
18
You think I will forget
so comical a trial?
Not even time will fade
a memory so vile.
19
As I kneel on the floor,
perhaps you sentence me
with greater fear than I
receive this travesty.
20
If I must burn for this
the Church is a sinner,
and will for years to come
be seen as a killer.
21
No amount of water
will clear you of this deed.
The smoke will show my will
and ashes be my seed.
22
You can light my body
and see it as a win,
but there will always be
truth burning from within.
