Is God to interpret
  and religion the why

Is forever too heavy
  to pledge bye and bye

Does the Devil provide balance
  to a concept in stone

Is he laughing inside us
  mocking all that we know

Is God left to children
   and those purest of heart

Is all truth chained to symbols
  has its lock come apart

Are the years there to change us
  is each day meant to count

Are the scriptures worth hearing
  if belief has to shout

To those fanatics among us
   yes, you know who you are

A power looms distant
  beyond testament’s scar

Its claim staked by no one,
  its icon’s unseen

And its reckoning comes
  —when you wake from this dream

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)