may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Monday, August 23, 2010

if you need a god

there are plenty to choose from-
gods of wood and thunder,sea and storm
old gods-tricksters,pranksters-new gods(Bacchus,Dionysius-
gods who shapeshift ,change form and essence
so they never appear the same way twice
i do not have a god(there are so many
i get confused(which one is god of mercy?compassion?
where is a god of gentle humor?(the joke seems to be on us-
what with suicide religious bombers
and religious haters/it becomes hard to see a soft god under us
so i settle for softer human beings-
for the miracle of harmonies between us
kindness,goodwill,intelligent altruisms
actions that redeem-like when the truck in front of me
stopped abruptly to hand food and drink to a heated homeless
you know what you do,i do not need a god or a goddess
just kindness.truth,beauty,loving relationships-
all human skills-more than any one god could handle
more than any one book or film
your one life as example
it is enough.let gods watch..

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