Blind faith is not enough.

narrative verse

Blind faith is not enough.

 

When I survey the sacred texts

and holy books of warring sects.

I must conclude they have been changed

edited and rearranged.

 

So that the truth they once contained

 has been lost or so constrained

Although they claim to be the truth

 there’s insufficient proof.

 

To say that this or that is true.

However much we may want to.

Some facts are true but well concealed

By churches who refuse to yield.

 

To share what knowledge they possess.

The truth it seems matters far less

 than maintaining the status quo.

They are afraid and rightly so.

 

If it were proved they had repressed

 the truth in their own interest,

 to bolster their authority.

They’d lose all credibility.

 

The myths and legends may be true

I don’t believe, though some may do.

The powers that be still conceal

the evidence that could reveal.

 

The records have been tampered with.

What we are taught is mainly myth,

which has been altered frequently.

To suit the reigning powers that be.

 

To consolidate their control

Retaining power their only goal.

 To dominate their fellow men

They twist the truth time and again..

 

Some few achieve epiphany.

They see with crystal clarity.

That God resides within us all

 and he will answer if we call.

 

What need have we of clergymen

and their views of hell and heaven.

For answers you must look inside

To find the truth they seek to hide.

 

Sunday, 20 June 2010

http:// blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers

 

Reviews

[Tomás Ó C..]

There is such truth in this... there is a little truth in all faiths, and the fundamental truths of good and evil permiate all religions. So well written as always!

[Tate Morgan]

Oh now you know I believe in this