Dear God ….Free-will ?

A human striving for equality, as that is what peace is all about
Your methods have been less than courteous, leaving generations in doubt
Humans have feared your existence, since the dawn of mankind
But eyes have now been opened to your ways, and are now no longer blind

You pretend to be merciful, well to the ones you call your chosen few
But allow others to persecute them beyond belief, and demand their sacrifices to continue
Goodwill and good fortune are attributed to you as their guiding light
Forgetting working hard all your life, gives the same result, in its own right

Misfortune is attributed to the workings of your counterpart, within your spiritual plane
In life we all know there are ups and downs, but it’s always nice to have someone to blame
Life on Earth is a natural occurrence, not created by you for your followers to spoil
Life is a question of survival through the experience of pleasure and toil

We are born of human parents, through a biological process we call sex
But we are supposed to believe in a spiritual creation and miracles, so what’s next ?
The human mind is so easily mislead, to believe almost anything
It is beyond the shadow of a doubt, the most fragile part of a human being

Dis-information and ignorance, the denial of educational facilities
Has brought many a proud race of peoples, to worship you upon their knees
Humans have offered their lives gladly, for a cause they believed to be so true
When in reality they butchered less technologically advance people who had survived for thousands of years without knowing you

Wait a second, they did believe something, very similar to what you represent
They called it something else, their societies flourished, but you insisted they should repent
You are supposed to be all forgiving, a gentler spirit could never be found
But you condemn all others to hell, if they don’t like the way you sound

You are ancient, its true, nobody could ever doubt your sincerity
But knowledge of the entire globe and its peoples, the picture is quite different, see ?
All humans love and honour their own Gods, in all the guises they all possess
Just because they don’t call you Father, doesn’t mean they love you any less

You are not the creator of heaven and Earth, if you were there wouldn’t be a need for a solution
You are part of a simple process, we humans like to call evolution
In this process, humans have evolved to survive, throughout our horrific past
It was common sense for our ancestors in ancient times to invent things for a society to last

The generations that are now on the way, to govern this world of ours
Are tired of warring in your name, tired of burying loves ones under wreaths of flowers
Within the space of a hundred years or so, if the course of mankind still holds true
There will be no humans left alive, they would have killed each other, because of you

I don’t subscribe to your way of thinking, that one person is better or has more worth
I subscribe to common sense reasoning, all humans are equal at birth
The solution allows total free-will, where yours never has or ever can
If people still want to worship you, let them, let them be ruled by “the man�

Others though, will see the truth, behind the stories written so long ago
Where women were forced to reject their status as equals, as only men were “allowed to know�
To condemn you and all of your followers, is too easy a task to perform
It wouldn’t take all that much time, and “mankind� would be forced to conform

But in doing so I would be committing the same crime as you, against all of humanity
As the true power on this Earth is not a religious belief, but the voice of democracy !
With democracy there are no gender issues, people can believe in what ever they choose
Knowing full well, mutual respect for all others, leads to a path, where peace cannot lose

Killing each other over stones, a wall or a supposed holy place
Will be succeeded by killing harmlessly, where you ask ? Try cyberspace.
The longer time humans have, between periods of political conflict or wars
The more we change the way we live by changing the way we perceive our holy laws

Societies living the reality of terrorism, as part of their daily routine
See the only way forward is by revenge of their kin, as this is the only thing in life they have seen
They have never had the chance of lasting peace in the last two or three hundred years
So its perfectly logical for them to believe “an eye for an eye�, even though the eye is one of tears

No-one in living memory can remember life on earth without death and deprivation
So we forgot the true meaning of life, is supposed to be one of celebration
The brief moments of time between cease-fires, when life almost seems to be going right
Are followed by suicide bombers who believe in continuation of fighting the good fight

These martyrs are lead to believe, that in killing innocent men, children and women
They are heroes doing your work, securing a place at your side in your heaven
They have not had the privilege of an education, which considers this world as one full of equals
So in good old film industry fashion, they ensure the existence of sequels

Dying for what you believe in, considered a noble act, the ultimate sacrifice for faith or flag
When in reality all it seems to be, is to close yet another zipper, on yet another body-bag
Claiming that all followers of faith are given something called free-will or choice
How can this be possibly true, when you dismiss automatically the sound of a foreign voice

Your agenda so easily followed, be unto others as you would have them be unto you
You say its ok to bomb, kill and maim all others in your name, so that’s what simple followers do
Your commandments say it’s a mortal sin to commit murder at any time
But if done in the pursuit of your teachings, then its considered fine

Its not your fault God, mankind perverting your words for their own personal gain
You are immortal, all knowing, ever present, humans have only a human brain
This freedom of choice you gave us, to do as we see fit, to ensure our own way of life
Has doomed the entire globe to a future, filled with continual conflict and strife

God you are not a man, or a woman, what you are is an ideal and a philosophy
You are no longer constricted to race or place, to political or religious geography
You span the globe in all of its majesty, knowing no barriers invented by man
You will ensure global co-operation between all humans, because humans believe you can !

All humans understand your principles, the lessons of respect are easy to learn
Through dialogue, education and experience, the respects of others is something we can earn
Though we all imagined before we were unique and your rules only applied to a few
Humans lost the respect for each other in poor translation, its something humans do

We never realised our faults, being blinded by our own interpretation of your books
We became shallow and self centred, judging people on sight, only by their looks
In an endeavour to strive for perfection, trying not to anger you in any way
We tried to make everyone else love you like we do, it has ended with the world as it is today

Humans have always needed guidance, and yours could be surpassed by none
So in a celebration of life, here on Earth, we now consider ourselves as one
Men and women are equals, as the way forward will surely reflect
With no differences, taught at this basic level, no culture will ever fall into neglect

The politics of old based purely, upon the physical dominance of men
Will be replaced by the politics of equality, paving a path to an Earthly heaven
We have fought all the battles and wars, far too much blood has been spilt in vain
Humans will realise on a Global scale, its not worth it : dying only for the sake of a name.

J

Copyright -J- 2004

an epic! beautiful!

Welcome among us, John; I am so happy and honored that you have come to join us, and I appreciate your very substantive contribution to this poetry board which we are now pleased to share with you.

Might I make one suggestion? It speaks only to the matter of formatting a poem on the page. I have been an editor for a long time, writing for longer, and reading for a very long time indeed, and this one thing is very clear to me: the eye seeks "white space" on the page. Your poem is quite long, and appears monolithic on the page; were you to open a few windows here and there, I guarantee you it would attract and hold more readers. This is just like paragraphs in prose; after a full-stop, after the completion of a thought, insert a double-space into your poem and let a little daylight into the texture for easier reading. This practice also helps to facilitate comprehension.

That's my suggestion. You might want to experiment with it. I am in the midst of writing a thousand sonnets, myself, and even in these structures of only fourteen lines I always have at least one double-space break in the body of the text.

Thanks again for joining us, John! We welcome you among us, and appreciate having such a fine and creative mind with us. You make our forum better! I'm proud to have you on the poetry board.

I am in unbreakable solidarity with you.

AD ASTRA PER ASPERA

WOW! AWESOME JOB!

keep it up dahlin

------- LETS GET RETARDED ( black eyes peas)

WOW!!!
you are incredible..
can't wait to read some more..

thank you for sharing..
diona

Dear Steve,
Thanks for the pointer, I had hoped that someone would point out the lack of verse. I wanted as I always do, to write a piece of work that I consider to be correct, and then present it in a manner where others can point out faults. This may sound stupid to you, but in what I hope to achieve with my life, it is a necessary part. To always be fallible, to be human and make my humanity damned obvious.
I have always found that if I write something, a lot of people take notice and I have changed the viewpoints of a lot of friends on the net. This is something that I believe should not be misused in anyway.
There are reasons for everything I do, and most of the time they become apparent to others after a long period of time.
I had actually written the poem with spaces intact, but I love being the rebel within my own mind and going against the flow is the only way I know how to go forward.
All my written works are presented in an obscure way, purposely to see if the ever present human need to correct others somes first or if they are interested in the actual content.

Thanks again

J