Let's Get Real, Volume II

This is a poem by a guy I know from the internet. It helps to read it when some right wing religious fanatic is prosletyzing at you.

She is Revealed to All- by LGM


You do not have to be “perfect”.
You do not have to grovel on your knees,
in pretentious displays of repentance,
for simply being born human.

You do not need to banish your neighbor,
to an imaginary eternity of suffering,
for not mumbling your creed,
or performing your rituals,
or bowing before your jealous gods.

You do not need to pretend,
that everything beautiful,
is a gift from your god.
And that everything painful,
destructive, and bleak,
is a demonic spell of some evil spirit.

You just need to live…and strive,
and grow, and learn,
and love, and be loved.

You need to celebrate life,
respect her countless forms,
accept her endless cycle,
of birth and death,
and revere the awesome universe that is her home.

You must be satisfied to take your place,
and find your way,
and leave your small mark,
while this brief spotlight of time,
shines down upon you.

Tell me about your pain and sorrows,
and I will tell you mine.
Tell me how your god has saved you.
That he will someday take your essence,
to a place where life is always fair,
idyllic, and painless.

A place where justice prevails for all eternity,
and there is only light and love;
and where all life’s questionswill be answered.

I will tell you this is not life.
It is a sacred illusion,
of something else.
Then I will tell you,
how understanding,
accepting and revering,
the divinity of this world and life,
that I have found,
for what it simply is…...gives me a sense of peace.

How this serenity has saved me,
from the countless,
incoherent illusions,
my fellow man invents,
to reconstruct his universe,
into one designed to make him,
satisfied, justified, and immortal,in his mind.

God is love and god is hate.
Fear and courage
Pride and humility
Knowledge and ignorance
Shepherd and sheep
Light and darkness
Proton and electron
A glorious sunrise,
and the hurricane’s wind

A long life of accomplishment,
and one cut short by painful death
God is paradox
God is balance,
and never ending change.

God is our reality,
we must learn to accept her,
understand her terms,
and respect her with our decisions.

For god is not hidden in the shadows.
She is not only foundin the myths of ancient men,
or serendipitous good fortune.

She does not come,
only in dreams and visions,
to a chosen tribe,
or an elected few...
God is standing right in front of you.

She is revealed to all living things,
in countless ways.
Open your eyes and caress her with your spirit,
explore her with your mind,
revere her awesome wonders with sacred love,

For you only have this chance,
to dance with her,
while the spotlight shines upon you.



AMEN.

SS