The Lure Of God

by radar 11 Replies latest jw friends

  • radar
    radar

    Everyone.... it is time to show you my poem.

    A JOURNEY

    Just as a child I journeyed
    Eyes of wonder, in this land of miracles
    Clothed in mystery and beauty, life was here,
    I looked for experience and understanding.

    Time as passed
    The landscape looks different now
    Just as light throws a shadow,
    So life’s beauty is merely a veil of deceit
    From flower to insect animal and man
    The force in nature is cruel and must have its way

    So many engulfed just in living, so few asking why
    As one who reaches out to try to touch his own image in the glass
    So as been my quest for life’s meaning
    where do these meditations lead me
    Nowhere, I exist then, but only to die

    The earth spins silently in space
    So the great cycle of life moves endlessly forward
    From dust to dust ashes to ashes
    Death controls the living and leaves it without purpose
    It brings no meaning except to perpetuate life

    The ancients made god in their ignorance
    In their own image, they made god.
    Masses bow down to the image, hoping for something better
    Power is endowed to those who continue the lie.
    This I have seen and experienced
    I almost envy ignorance, for it does not see the futility

    Can one be truly content in this land
    Where life is taken in the blink of an eye,
    where some are left begging for bread
    None can boast then, only in their luck.
    Life is a game of chance, a roll of the dice
    where you are born and into what form.

    Life force is irresistible, it pushes forward
    When it was born, it looked beyond itself
    Is its ultimate goal, just to continue to be?
    Will this ever be known, will I ever be free.

    Radar

  • Introspection
    Introspection

    Sorry guys, but let me share with you a true story. Years ago while I was still a JW, delivering for Dominoe's Pizza I had a nice little moment of inspiration. I came up with the line: "Life is a joke. Most people don't get it yet. Those of us who do aren't laughing, because it's not funny."

    Mind you, I laugh at THAT today.

    Life is not the joke. I am.

    It seems to me that "taking life seriously" needs belief behind it as well. I prefer another approach. To say that I am a joke is not a sign of low self esteem, it is NO self esteem. Sure, I get moody like everybody else. But my friends, in the final analysis I really don't see a "me."

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