Spirit of Inquiry #poem

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Marian Allen

Appropriate for a Sunday.

SPIRIT OF INQUIRY

If God is
ineffable
unknowable
transcendent
sublime

and

we are forbidden
to follow false gods

then

why do we
tear selected bits
from sacred books,
soak them in other people’s blood,
form self-portraits
around our guilty fists
and worship them?

Praise the Almighty,
Lord of the Universe
Creator of All Things
Seen and Unseen.
Praise Him, all ye peoples,
or this lump on the end of my arm
will give you such a smite!

Comes the reluctant antiphon:
“Alleluia, I guess….”

–Marian Allen

A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: What’s your main character’s religious stance? Has it changed, over the years?

About Marian Allen

I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but now live in the woods in southern Indiana. Though I only write fiction, I love to read non-fiction. The more I learn about this world, the more fantastic I see it is. Marian Allen's Amazon profile

One thought on “Spirit of Inquiry #poem”

Dan Antion
March 26, 2017 at 7:46am

God, patriotism, and a host of other beliefs and loyalties can be perverted by anyone to support their own agenda. At no time is that behavior in keeping with the true meaning, but… We are flawed.

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  Marian Allen
  March 26, 2017 at 9:06am
  
  True, right down the line, Dan.
  
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Deborah
March 26, 2017 at 3:31pm

+1 Dan Antion!

What Dan said. 🙂

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  Marian Allen
  March 26, 2017 at 5:32pm
  
  Yup!
  
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Joey
March 26, 2017 at 4:28pm

So good, Marian. So good.

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  Marian Allen
  March 26, 2017 at 5:32pm
  
  Thank you, Joey. <3
  
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