The love affair with truth

With a firm hold on your guide

You stumble forward toward the goal

Groping thru the dark night

Searching for meaning and freedom

When the blindfold is lifted

The clear way is revealed

It is difficult and dangerous

And full of meaning and freedom

The dark calls to your weakness

But progress depends on open eyes

A heart full of faith will conquer

The futility of ugly reality

But the guide fights the light

He is void without your blindness

But your vision of the light

Is stronger than his ugly reality

So you leap toward the truth

Left alone with your faith

Safe and warm in the wilderness

Between the guide and the truth

There are tribulations to come

These are a baptism of fire

They must precede the reward

This is the love affair with truth