The Candidate
by Jack Brummet
It's you Up There
Trying to explain
To The Lamplighter
The Scoutmaster of all Scoutmasters
How you believed you were made
By a being of purity and love
But how do you choose?
Allah Jesus Krishna Buddha
Yaweh The White Goddess Frigg
Hailie Selassie Zeus Gyhldeptis
Turan Bikeh Hozho Lono
Waheguru Mithra Achiyalatopa
Jeebo Manannan mac Lir
Eight Immortals Baal Moloch?
How you do pick one
Without a sign
And then pick the right one
Where you at least have a shot
At getting it right
As opposed to choosing nothing?
They pull out the list
Of everyone you've ever
Lusted after fornicated with
Cheated on stole from lied to
Conspired against or harmed
Willingly or unwillingly
Written up it doesn't look so good
But you always knew there'd be time
To make amends recoup your losses
Or even repent
In a last minute bid
For a spot near the throne
You always bet you'd have enough warning
To carry on and save the clean living
For the very end
On the positive side of the ledger
In your chest beat
The heart of a Good Samaritan
Who never quite got off
The starting blocks
You're looking earnest now
At the Starthrower
And they tell you
To have a seat.
---o0o---
1 comment:
Great poem!
It expresses much of what I've felt over the last four years of a full out search for The One, The Creator. I've enjoyed and been completely enlightened by the search which I should have started years ago because well there never seems to be enough time...
Odd for me, a chemist, who managed to sneak in a religion minor in undergrad and a "philosophy of religion" excuse to study abroad.
Of all I've looked at, can you believe Wiki sated me most with its compilation on "The All"?
It always seems that it's back to one day at a time but then that kernel of curiosity germinates with great posts like this and well, here I go again...
Thanks!
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