Afterglow

The bishop
sent him on his way
with one more blessing
that he may
be filled with fullness
by a deity
he could not see;
poor fumbling soul,
lost in the dark
and petulant, he whined,
when down the path
with flashing spirit in his mind
there came a lesser god,
indeed the very one that he
had just  squeezed down to size--
 
and then
thus blinded,  passed it by.
                 ~

 

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

This is such an interesting write, Dean. Religion requires blind faith and believing in intangible deities. For some, this is quite impossible. Then again, some ignore evidence of a higher power when it is staring them in the face. Your poetry is unique...and that is what is so enjoyable. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is like reading the opposite version of Saul---

nicely done...sometimes there are just things we don't understand, concepts that could be all too real, but we just won't let them be.

i like your writes, you push the reader to really ponder certain questions---

raising our awareness with your concepts...nicely done.

[Ravyne Hawke]

I think we are all looking for our own version of God but far too many of us turn our heads when we are presented with that God, as though to say, "it can't possibly be that simple" In fact, it really is simple, too simple, so simple that we humans cannot understand.. another wonderful thought-provoking poem, Dean..

[emmajoy]

Strange how what's given is so often physically and spiritually diluted by indifference, lack of interest. awareness - stupidity. Thoughts deep here, cleverly voiced, worth considering. Will.

[Dean]

Thanks. This was written on several levels. I never felt it worked very well.

[Marie]

We always miss things, trying to see them...

[Dean]

If we try at all.