Vision of Good

alex809

This world has shown me its darkness

And I no longer question there is evil done

Yet I question every vision of the one

The devils face so clearly etched in nightly news

And every holy book sketches a new face for our hope

I used to be so sure as I sat in the old pews

This bearded white man meant to be my hand to cope

Why is the one meant to be the light so clouded in interpretation

When the devil smiles so clearly

I am a poet who loves the idea of free expression

But I no longer want to guess which God will heal humanity

And maybe these stories of a better earth are all myths meant to give us control 

But as I look at mother earth, I believe there must be balance

  • Author: alex809 (Offline Offline)
  • Published: December 29th, 2024 23:45
  • Comment from author about the poem: I wrote this poem while hiking and thinking about the fact that nature will always balance itself out between what is life giving and what is life taking within an ecosystem. I then was thinking about how evil is sometimes so clear to see in this world when you watch the news and such, yet the correct spiritual belief to counteract said evil and maintain the same balance we see in nature is so clouded in interpretation and peoples abuse of said beliefs.
  • Category: Spiritual
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  • TobaniNataiella

    A reflection on the world that makes them ask questions about their faith, as they can not always clearly see it, nicely written

    • alex809

      Thank you for the comment and for taking the time to read my poem.

      • TobaniNataiella

        You are very welcome

      • Tony36

        Great write

        • alex809

          Thank you

          • Tony36

            You're welcome Alex

          • arqios

            In our journeyings we gather and consolidate, make sense of what we see and experience. It sure is challenging to bring those strands to a cohesive whole. What I have observed is that there can be no conception of evil without a moral point of reference to be its contrast, as in the title ‘vision of good’. This is a remarkable poem giving us a glimpse of one of these trajectories of discovery and revelation. May your new year turn into an awesome one!

            • alex809

              Thank you for your comment. That is great insight into life in general for sure.

              • arqios

                Thanks and your welcome 🙏🏻 👍🏻🕊



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