New poem: "What Jung Has Done for Me"

 

What Jung Has Done for Me

 

I don’t know how to answer the question,

“What has Jung done for you?” And if I tried,

I wouldn’t know where to begin; that’s how

deeply Jung has affected my life; —

 

Quite possibly for the depth and breadth

of his understanding of the human predicament,

on the unending vicissitudes of life, the joys

and sorrows of my individuation; —

 

For the redemptive wisdom that he imparted

on the way of what is to come, the unfathomable

nature of goodness and terrifying abyss of evil,

and his holy reverence for the Self; —

 

But when all is thought and said, what comes

to mind is his venerable face when John Freeman

asked him the God question, and Jung replied:

“I don’t need to believe. I know.” I couldn’t

have asked for anything more.