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As each life-sustaining heartbeat faithfully follows one another,
It seems to feel imperceptibly weaker than its predecessor.
And as my head feels lighter, I am tempted to wonder
Whether my brain cells are sloughing off to some final destination.
But before they all disappear into an eerie nothingness,
I feel compelled [to share] some somewhat holy thoughts, since
Now at seventy-four years, I don't have many more years.

I guess I am an unbeliever, scoffer, skeptic, heretic!
When I find Truth in Holy Nature while you find Truth in Holy Writ.
Eyes to see and mind to reason--thinker, prober, prying brain
Are gifts bestowed for understanding whence the lightning, why the rain?

Some see God in Holy Scripture's every word and every line.
That's one way of showing reverence, it may be theirs, it isn't mine.
The Bible's words, the true summation: "Love thy neighbor as thyself"
Encompasses my heart's religion, brings me hope and mental health.

"Justice, mercy," Micah's pleading: "walk thou humbly with thy God,"
Are to me more sufficient than Eucharist or Aaron's rod.
The rest is simply commentary, dogma, doctrine, man-made rules,
Roots of bloodshed, war and murder--words turned into power tools.

Use your brain--God's sacred blessing. Revelation's all about.
Study God revealed in Nature; conquer sickness, famine, drought.
Trinities and virgin birthings based on ancient pagan myth
Are enemies of reason, used to snare the faithful with.

Resurrections, sins of babies, added to what Matthew heard,
Caused a mighty transformation--changed the book from word to Word.
I know I am an unbeliever, doubter, seeker, maverick!
When I find Truth in Holy Nature while you depend on Holy Writ.

** Aaron did write his own Eulogy. Under title of My Unitarian Pathway the Eulogy was read by Aaron's son Jonathan at services held April 17, 1997 at The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville. The poem was also printed on the back of the Memorial Service program.