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In God’s Name
Of the myriad species with us here
Mankind, alone, might be aware
Marking time; possessing empathy
Self-consciousness and a will that’s free
Then why the folly of deadly strife
With religion oft cited to take a life
Which god asks people to kill the same
To glorify its works or defend its name
A divine being would not have need
To see its creations do bloody deed
If such actions must take place
They’re surely not done with any god’s grace
Greed and power are the reasons why
Tribe against creed vie and die
A deity cares neither for war nor peace
As paltry lifeforms squander their lease
A god doesn’t act as a grand puppeteer
Pulling strings to spread carnage and fear
A monotheist would only be benign
Free, not envious, of another’s design
So when in a god’s name we take its greatest gift
Perverting its cause to some meaningless rift
Know true to yourself that you are to blame
Or answer before it, and hang your head in shame.
No Hope
Through holocaust and atom bomb yield
Cruelty and war, human nature revealed
Barbaric behaviour must surely cease
And people strive to live in peace
If mortal man holds life too cheap
By his own hand sad fate he’ll reap
Squandering life and every resource
No way found to a better course
The sun cares not for the human plight
It marks each day with its warming light
To our demise all assistance we lend
Our fragile existence we hasten to end..
Wrong Legacy
Only fools gravely utter
in their final croaking stutter
to those around the hushed deathbed
words and phrases best left unsaid.
Waiting at the Dentist
It’s a simple case is this
For him it’s just his business
Long teeth ill need this costly care
And I don’t have the time to spare.
What If?
Ere the cosmos clock’s first soundless tick
What ephemeral force might, knowing, quick
Call space, time and matter into being
From nought that is, we now are seeing
No corporeal hand did our world form
But flotsam from a primordial storm
And, if that, what then was there before
To will into existence new physical law
Cause stars and planets to outward flee
Some vectored origin that may not be
What vacuum do galaxies seek to fill
Time’s unknown boundaries testing still
Earthly minds can ne’er full hold
Understanding of creation’s mould
Except to note without illusion
Negative truths cannot be proven.
Being
Which words right tell this mortal state
Philosophy so poorly defined
Eons’ wisdom may accumulate
But where ‘soul’ or even ‘mind’
What part of me might know with proof
Through inward looking eye
Objective fundamental truth
About the reason why.
Opportunity
Grieve as you must for those loved and lost
Broken relationships will all have a cost
Each day may heal by some small degree
But time cannot mend what wasn’t to be.
The Sunny Smile
When did she lose that sunny smile
It’s not been there for quite a while
It was there each and every day
Bright and cheerful at work and play
It used to make my own heart soar
The luckiest chap I knew for sure
I could forget my former life
With such a person as my wife
My love has grown with every dawn
A giant oak from a small acorn
I make a point to tell her so
It is important for her to know
Her faults are small and fewer than mine
But need pointing out, if she is to be fine
By making a few imperceptible tweaks
She could enhance those rosy cheeks
In that way she would then be perfect
But telling her so has the wrong effect
She rails against each gentle hint
With dulling eyes that have no glint
Oh why can she not take some note
Instead of becoming more remote
And smile for me as she did before
Alas, it makes my poor heart so sore.
Addition
I am me and you are you
Together we are more than two.
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