They won't listen. Do you know why? Because they have certain
fixed notions about the past. Any change would be blasphemy in their eyes, even
if it were the truth. They don't want the truth; they want their traditions.
― Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky
― Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky
Give me some
magic pill, some God
To get away
from this maddening world
Let me slip
through the cracks
If few of them
still exist
Once they
catch up with me
I’ll be tried,
will be pried
Chained and
scrutinized
My friends
will watch from afar
Earthly concerns
enchains them too
They are wildlings
stocked in zoo
Too little, so
brittle
What in this
cosmos they can do
There’s no
pill
Such whispers
I hear everyday
There are far
too many Gods
For me to pray
I never pray
I’ll rot in
seven hells for this
Oh me,
blasphemous me
Some might say
But I feel
better this way
They never
listen
Have ears just
for show
Why call?
When I always get
to yell at a wall
It’ll crumble
in time not before
Methinks my
way is right
They think otherwise
For me it’s
all hypocrisy
They charge me
with heresy
For who is
right, who got it all wrong?
Is it you lot?
Or is it me
and my blasphemous song?
Please restrain, blasphemy is not liked in any civilized set up -though style and content of poem is praiseworthy . Asimov has a pun in its quoted lines here!
ReplyDeleteA pill to ignore the maddening world would be better. Getting away would be unwelcome. The maddening world has some mad people who we do love to be with. :) If u find such a pill, do let me know :D
ReplyDeleteBeautifully rhymed and believe me the world is not that bad:)
ReplyDeleteThere is a spare style, a rare lightness, a sudden perception,a revelation, a feeling of a moment distilled or crystallized in this poem. Good one!
ReplyDeleteDo you realize how good this was?
ReplyDelete"They are wildlings stocked in zoo
Too little, so brittle"
THIS WAS AMAZING.
Please update your blog.
this is one of the besttt poems I have read on God and religion!! wowo! you write so awesomely well gal!! <3
ReplyDeleteEverything is fine as long as you respect others' beliefs (and non-beliefs, sorry couldn't find a better word), and don't try to shove your beliefs down the other's throat. Everyone should have the freedom of thought, but not the privilege to rubbish others without limit.
ReplyDeleteCheers
CRD
This might work in a song, catchy. lol.
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