Profane Thoughts
Every human was meant to host the light
My conduition (my inner Feng Shui) has been defiled
The wiring of my neuron network
channels my mind
into one way no through roadsand when the moon fades with the dawn,
a heap of bones marks the end of an alleged rainbow and
the gold that got away
These are the mémoires of a former priest turned pirate
All his labours have been outsourced to foreign entities
that lack the training
They embark on renovation works like toddlers playing with Lego
Where his chapel once had stunning stained glass windows
now there are only
abstract mosaics with sharp gaps that let in the rain and vermin
The stations of the cross can no longer be identified there
In fact no coherent story is told anymore,
just the slurred babblings of a drunkard without even a pew to rest his prayers upon
Melted candles have coagulated into profane forms
The characters of hymns have been encrypted into lucifarian commercials for the faithless
Hellish chords jam at macabre mega hertz in discordant and ominous tones
The temple has broken away from the coastline and meanders through trash filled channels,
indiscriminately without a rudder
Its steeple a mast without a flag
Its sanctuary a shrine without an icon
Where once there was a founding plaque, with date of baptism,
now reads "An image of God but denying the power thereof"
It marks the epitaph of a whitewashed tomb
dragged out to sea
"tossed by the wind and the waves":
That aquatic wasteland without a rock, where all is relative
yet unanimously futile
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Incredible word choices & imagery.
Favorite Part:
I'm not sure if I grasped all the meaning that exist within the poem. I'm taking from it, that religion becomes something to hold tight too, although there is much prejudice about certain religions and other beliefs. We learn at an early age about religion from our friends, from family and from our professional groups. We receive the pamphlets about certain religion, like a little Cheat Sheet of what religions is better than someone else.
I would really like to listen to the entire bible, just once. Then, I would like to live at a Reservation for one year, then maybe study Hinduism for a brief spell, just to get a broader knowledge base for religions and how to study religion. I wonder on a daily basis, what religion is right for me, because I'm very spiritual. But what is accepted is to be Christian, at least in my area and in my family. I tell my sons to look at religion without any glasses on, check it out and learn something new. Before choosing what fits your life and your family.
Good job, making me stretch my thinking muscles this morning.
Did I miss the underlying theme?
I often get the metaphors all wrong.
Have a great day.
I am a bit confused, but nevermind. Yes, well what helps me is a) to see religions like languages, mostly just awkward attempts to articulate or signify the same phenomena and b) to treat the Bible for what it actually is: A library of texts recording impressions of the divine across a range of genre (some individually authored, others collectively)