facing the reign...

art by Carlos Ulloa ©

the grind and exploration of ancient dogma

history is a shirtsleeve propaganda

it says you cannot have

a heart that matters

if you don’t believe in me

it says if you see me as pyrite

then you are on a golden ship of fools

you are just another tool set sail

over my oceans, demented by my rules

it says, if you mean to stay here

then you must put your unproven beliefs

in my faith based geometry

you must bow to all my

high holy false idolatry

you must succumb to my right hand math

you must accept my disguise as divinity

it says, if you believe in only God, you lose

if you believe in God and the Devil

then you will have lived a blind dog’s life

if you believe in nothing

then the spade is waiting

to be your friend

but it also says

in quiet whispered language

hidden deep in the watermarks of DNA 

that if you believe in nothing

but what art and beauty finds

then you might someday know

how humanity is graced with a Love

I have been trying

to make you forget

has been here since before time

knew to call me by my name

EJR ©