Six Days

Darwin wins every time.

Do not entreat me,

I beseech you,

for I am no traitor

to the crown of thorns.

Satan sank his bitter

poison into me

with just one bite.

The flesh of that apple

was never crisp enough,

nor sweet enough

to survive

such decomposition

as the earth has wrought

upon such weak

sin- stained human souls.

And every man's stomach

groans with the weight

of that bitter fruit.

Lead us not

unto temptation

for the days are short

and the putrid stink

of the Devil's breath

hangs upon sullied stars.

So let us stand back,

far back from the mountain,

look up to the skies,

see past the clouds

of blind faith

and hope.

See them

for what they are,

the lies of errant priests,

and simply admire

creation.

 

07/04/19

Author's Note

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

What starts out sounding like something out of Milton ends as an adjuration to simply admire the natural creation. Quite an indictment of formal religion here, with some overtones of Ecclesiastes thrown in. The part about not being a traitor to the crown of thorns seems contradictory, as does the reference to Satan, but perhaps the poet means them in a symbolic way. Not a particularly reassuring piece, but an honest one.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you JTB. You are spot on in your assessment. I guess I am expressing my belief in Darwinism and my hatred of all misdeeds done in the name of religion and dogmatic faith.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i believe in a mixture of creationism and evolution...
a beautiful world...some thing or one behind the beginning...those six days...
but it's all a mystery...did someone really start it all and get so tired he had to rest on the seventh day?
Yes, we were taught to have blind faith by the nuns in grade school...but sorry...i put my glasses on when i grew older...and they see things that had to evolve...
Bang.
good write.
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Jacob. I think when you look at space and consider it as if it is the oceans before Drake and Raleigh et al we do not know what lies beyond. God is a manmade concept to make him feel safe and often to justify his actions and his existence. I cannot see a God having created the universe and beyond. Religion says he created the earth so what about the billions of stars?

[Chris Shaw]

How I agree with you. Give me Darwin any day. I will never be led by blind faith. I can admire creation but I don:t worship it. Good morning John. Descriptive and poetically expressed lines.

Chris

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks Chris. Yes creation is not creastionist to me. Creation is nature and its understanding through scientific study.

[Chris Shaw]

That's how I see it too.