A NEW RELIGION

A new religion
That can the future divine
A new god
That can tell us whence we came
A nirvana of nonsense
That only increases our ignorance
A dismal wreck to people’s conscience

We fight among ourselves
To shed as much blood
As a sacrifice to hatred requires
We have long since forgotten
What bits of our philosophy are true
We rarely say to a brother
“I love you”

The latest craze
Is a thirst for equality
The building blocks are still the same
Only a different caste
Wanting fame

Ambitions abound to make utopia
A realistic goal
The will exists
In blinded enthusiasm
Only checked by petty obstacles
That flummox those
Who cannot calmly take
A long term view
When change is being prescribes
For any ills

Mockery and mistrust
Can saddle one with Spiralling doubts
Causing a catastrophic implosion of will
The comfort of familiarity
Swaddles the mind tightly
Preventing sightings of a future anew
The strength to overcome must be conjured
Out of a black-hole of anxiety

A new set of myths is needed
That promulgate ideas
Which lay bare ones hand
With no backing of reasoned empirical dogma
That can slay some persistent doubts

Selfishness often mires a good cause
Those that scream for a revolution
May only want self-interested change
It is often impossible to know the enemy
Who looks just like you and me

Survival is essential
For a battle royal
Leaves no one standing
The prize is of no use
If none can claim it

Change should be beneficial
But Actions have reactions
Goodwill can create
Unintended disasters
That no span of time can dissipate

It might be that one day
We will all get along
Till that day of peace
We must struggle on