Ka-Poof!

‘Of course there isn’t a God out there,

We’re here, for better or worse,

The world just happened,’ he said to me,

‘The same as the universe!

One day nothing, and then Ka-poof

The planets appeared in space,

They happened from nothing,’ said Hedley Boof,

‘The same as the human race.’

 

‘So you don’t believe in a guiding hand,

You don’t believe in design,

Our trucks and cars just rattle together

And bring themselves off the line.’

‘Well now, that’s different,’ he said to me,

We do whatever we can,

Who can fathom the brains behind

The ingenious works of man?’

 

‘But man himself, such a complex thing,

You say that he just evolved?

Each one grown from a tiny egg,

You think…’ ‘Yes, problem solved!

We started once as a single cell

Came out of the primal slime,

Adapted to our environment

In a billion years of time.’

 

‘So brains and livers and kidneys came,

And eyes just happened, you say,

And hands and fingers and teeth and hair,

And what about D.N.A?’

‘Oh, science is there to explain these things,

To me, it doesn’t seem odd,

In all the journals of science, you

Will not read a word of God.’

 

‘It’s all just superstition,’ he said,

‘Man needs to believe there’s more,

He makes up things like spirits and souls

That will take him beyond death’s door.’

‘So you’ll be happy to not exist

When death comes, gives you the nod?

I think that’s probably better for you

Than the terrible glare of God!’

 

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[Lena M. P.]

Oh David this is priceless! There was God before Science and there will be God even after the big Scientific Bang! Being in the science field I have had this discussions on several occasions. I actually feel sorry that these people have nothing to look forward too.

[Leigh]

A poem to prove that anything has explainable and you have explained that with your mastery of words, I havent reviewed you for a while and have missed your refreshing and confident style on practically any subject. Leigh

[TL Boehm]

Wow. I've had this conversation with many but I've never been able to capture it in a poem. Wonderful!

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Athiesism is the thinking that there was nothing and then nothing evolved and formed a bunch of particles and then nothing happened and these particles arranged themselves to form organisms. As they say, faith is a knowledge within the heart beyond the reach of proof.

[Donald Meikle]

Great tribute to a cosmic accident. (God tripped)

[Jesal Gohil]

so effortless..man how do you pen your thoughts do clearly..

[Akujuobi Godsgrant]

That's lovely. So real and factual. Keep it up.

[Poetic Justice]

Bravo! (clapping) loved the idea, concept and execution...

[Rocky]

started slow but finished with a bang--great poem

[Pranav Malhotra]

Good effort, as controversial as it may be. good job

[Muse]

It goes back to the saying..."Some choose to not believe in God, so that they can be spared the fear of hell."