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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2014-07-05 10:14 PM

I reject that all of this
is a master plan
the earth
its animals, fishes, insects
and humans
let us just say that if creation is true
wonder what were the reason
for it all
a master builder
saw fit to introduce us to sin
and yes indeed
we have reveled in it ever since
we were given our desires
for wealth, wars
and evil
again we’ve done well two out of the three
it’s the wealth
that most are left out of
I do not have it
but my friend I don’t envy you yours
eh, sometimes
I feel health is the only
thing worth having
even so
even though we have good health
calamity seizes us
and sends us on to the ferryman Charon
that is, of course
if you truly believe

©June 28, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

1 posted 2014-07-06 11:28 AM

Here's a thought:Byron wrote this and he was only in his thirty sixth year.Think how far we have all come in the matter of years and health.

"My Days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruit are gone;
The worm,the canker and the grief;
Are mine alone." Byron

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2014-07-06 11:53 AM

Ah yes, if you believe... That is the key, what we believe. It colors everything we do. Interesting food for thought, I like where you went with this.

Lori

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

3 posted 2014-07-06 11:55 AM

The problem of evil....a reality I have also struggled with...in my own spiritual journey ...it doesn't fit...and I have come to the same conclusion, Jerry...there is no master builder...it's just us...making our way in the world...

Great write ~*~

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2014-07-06 12:21 PM

I hear you, Jo. We have really come a long way from those days of Byron. We have conquered many diseases and made life much better, but it seems evil in the name of war has intensified.

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

5 posted 2014-07-06 12:22 PM

Thank you Lori. Belief. Yep. You nailed it. Belief 'R Us.

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2014-07-06 12:23 PM

Baby Girl, appreciate your thoughts on the poem. Good to see we see things the same way. Thank you.

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

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