Liars and a missing day in December

Liars and a missing day in December

 

 

 

it's a bullshit sun

and world,

 

and evidence

is stunning the flood

 

of

any given Sunday

 

with empty churches

and hearts

and words

 

sprung from outdated bibles

and Herald angels

squinting

at the Nativity scene

 

when Christmas dries up

one person gathers around a tree

gathers alone

 

it's a bullshit sun

i don't believe a word of it

 

i just see a cloud

hanging overhead

in Bethlehem's new silence.

 

 

erin-cilberto

12/2/2020

Reviews

[Relic]

Strip clubs are open but churches aren't. There's a lot of hypocrisy going around and the future's looking dark. The politicians and big tech would tax the sun if they could. Just my thought.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, much hypocrisy, Relic....Much of it indeed.
thank you,
j.

[Gee]

Strip clubs are open, at least we'll know where to find the clergy then :))

[Sami Khalil]

A powerful commentary in a poetic form on our current situation and events. Your voice speaks loudly the mayhem surrounding humanity. I'm hoping it is not signs of the end times, but it is pointing towards it. Wars and rumors of wars(They keep threatening Iran and other nations to keep them out of the nuclear club while they have thousands upon thousands of nuclear weapons to destroy the world many times over), famines, pestilences....Poverty is rampant, hidden enemy is prevalent...God help us. An excellent poem with so much truth.
I love everything you write sir..

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I am wondering the same things you are, Sami.
Is this an ending...should we be building an ark...maybe God's disappointment in us will reach the breaking point...And he will decide we need a start over.
there is a part of me that does not want to be around in 20 years...I am certainly glad my parents aren't around to experience what we are now...they are resting in peace, together...away from this awful chaos.
thank you for your words,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

All true and well said sir. Only time will tell. Let us keep writing and sharing till the end, I guess. Be safe and sound. We are bound to six feet under but our spirits live on to eternity. You are leaving a good legacy and inspiring the next generation.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

You are so kind to say that...thank you, sir.

[Sami Khalil]

Yes siiiirrrr. You know it.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

This has been the hardest , dreariest, most trying, and most painful year for many many people the world over so I can totally understand your super clever sarcastic fantastic ranting poem. Yes churches have been empty and dead , and bibles outmoded for long since they were supposed to give way to the newest and latest in the series of abrahamic religion but there have been many many even recent converts to this newest that I follow.
So your cursing the sun is still poetically sound and sensational venting. Kudos!!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind response to my awful rant, S.
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

interesting .. some days are just like that .. a depression can settle over everything .. a pandemic .. clouded vision .. and of course hypocrisy and loss of Faith .. a bad day all around eh!?
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, right now so many are suffering from this...
it is making us angry, crazy...hopeless.read moreyes, right now so many are suffering from this...
it is making us angry, crazy...hopeless.
thank you, E.
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

well ... kick the can but don't slam the door .. i told my kids ;)

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Jacob... a cloud-burst of sorrow...
where even the Shepherds in the field weep
as their Vigil they keep. The Wise Men follow the Star...
that shines on babies born in a Stable where destiny awaits...
gently, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that star seems hidden behind a cloud these days.
Wise or not we lose focus as the unseen enemy
keeps its grip upon us.
thank you, Pat.
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

I am terrified... so many uneasy days and moments...
so tired of being Brave... thinking of Hope in the Corner of Pandora's box. We saw a Movie on Netflix or similar... called Broken Horse. It was a family story about a real horse and how you cannot heal the horse... until you heal yourself. You would think that Politicians would know that Philosopy. prayerfully, Pat

[Chris Shaw]

Your lines are very bleak, and this has certainly been the bleakest year on record that I can remember. Christmas day, will be a lonely time for many as the virus continues. It will be a really sad time for those who have lost loved ones. I will try and remember what Christmas day is about, but my faith grows weaker by the year. There has been a huge cloud over this year, I am more optimistic about next year even though the economy is wrecked. We are resilient, we will come out of this and count our blessings.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, Chris, we are resilient...and never has there been more of a time to be just that.
thank you for your words...and not thinking I embarrassed myself with this poem.
j.