Gods and devils are created by humans
they are the comforters
that little children take everywhere
with them and which they feel
they cannot live their lives without.
A kind of fetish with describable attributes
and predictable thoughts
conjured up by ourselves
to compensate for being out on a limb
alone in the great hall of matter
an anchor to stop us from disintegrating
a book of word- a work of art
into which we can meld our dreams
and feel energised and at ease
a 'being' to goad us into joys
and a scapegoat to blame for all our ills
a figure reflecting our own individual cravings
that move parallel and within ourselves
akin to the blood that courses through our beings
supporting our bones and tissue with its imagined presence
Margaret Ann Waddicor 4th April 2014.
Feb 4, 2016
Feb 4, 2016 at 7:42 AM UTC
Gods and devils are created by humans
they are the comforters
that little children take everywhere
with them and which they feel
they cannot live their lives without.
A kind of fetish with describable attributes
and predictable thoughts
conjured up by ourselves
to compensate for being out on a limb
alone in the great hall of matter
an anchor to stop us from disintegrating
a book of word- a work of art
into which we can meld our dreams
and feel energised and at ease
a 'being' to goad us into joys
and a scapegoat to blame for all our ills
a figure reflecting our own individual cravings
that move parallel and within ourselves
akin to the blood that courses through our beings
supporting our bones and tissue with its imagined presence
Margaret Ann Waddicor 4th April 2014.
Comment by Walter W. Hielbling on his poem " we got it wrong." "Hmmm ... from what I remember, dear Sigmund considered God an illusion, a leftover from the child's need for a powerful father figure; he thought that we now have reason and science to control our destructive impulses .... after living through World War I he was no longer so sure of this ...."
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