I think I need a god – but whom to choose? <br />A raft of deities; I'm sure to lose <br />My sense in search. And what about a church? <br /> <br />And of their role – direct communication–? <br />Mediation–? that imbroglio; the <br />Rigmarole of what they call religion. <br /> <br />Will they tell me what I have to do–? <br />How to pray, obey the laws: construe <br />The mandate; follow fast in their tradition – <br />All the fundamentals? Much ambition <br />Is required, I think! Where's the drink? <br />A brandy please, for disconcerted minds. <br /> <br />Ah…warming…and indeed revealing… <br />Yes, I see – the reason for the many gods: <br />An anachronism; rationale from <br />Our primeval brains: When early Man <br />Evolved along the tree, a new survival <br />Tool emerged. We call it cogitation – <br />Cerebral aptitude for modelling all <br />We see in our environment – but then we <br />Started thinking of our mighty world, <br />How it all began, unfurled, and why? <br />It had to be the sun – no, the stars, no, <br />A special kind of entity: <br />Invisible, omnipotent, and, er…shy: <br />A god! <br /> <br />Dear, oh dear; so do I need a god –? <br />A legacy of early exposition; <br />Revelationary evolution: <br />Memes, enforced upon impressionable youth, <br />Variegating into multitudinous <br />Delusions, packaged into institutions; <br /> <br />Just an overwhelming whim from our <br />Imagination, all in effort for <br />An explanation – but all too much for me to <br />Understand. I think I need a god.<br /><br />Mark R Slaughter<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-think-i-need-a-god/
