Sep 2019
To come from faith is a trap
snares woven between the words
took to heart by the sincere
before the mind is lost to fear
there is no telling where a life ends
from conception to the last descent
into madness without escape
surety set against all wills
others are ****** as so entranced
the lockstep standard is applied
wedded to religion’s jest
that ego lost is safety gained
confusion is the monster born
identity turned to flip the tale
where the god stands alone
or is the enemy of common man.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20190906.
snares woven between the words
took to heart by the sincere
before the mind is lost to fear
there is no telling where a life ends
from conception to the last descent
into madness without escape
surety set against all wills
others are ****** as so entranced
the lockstep standard is applied
wedded to religion’s jest
that ego lost is safety gained
confusion is the monster born
identity turned to flip the tale
where the god stands alone
or is the enemy of common man.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20190906.
The poem “Surety Set” was inspired by thoughts about dogmatic blindness, confirmed by a quote by Philip K Dirk that began with “They want to be the agents, not the victims, of history.”
