Requiem for a Moral Universe

All those lofty terms no longer much discussed by academics:
Truth and Justice, Right and Wrong, and Free Will or Determination,
Sit, like someone's dotty uncle, in a shuttered room somewhere.
The poor logicians, lost in clauses, found they couldn't make a case
For even one. They need a god, a superhero term enforcer, to
Proclaim that they exist, but, though a host of faithful flunkies
Offered up amusing arguments for such a thing's existence,
God's not evident to us. A fantasy with some appeal, His
Messengers make lots of money. His homes can be beautiful,
But, in the end, He goes unseen, and those things He would
Have us have, those long-abandoned lofty terms, are logicless,
And wholly lost. They prove to be absurd.





Poetry by Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2024-10-10 at 02:12

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Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
We search endlessly for an answer to the conundrum, and send fortunes into space in exploration. We become diminished in size and importance when viewing the enormity of the Universe. Some are prepared to accept they will simply cease to be, whilst others cling to that one possibility, seemingly absurd, that they would be totally lost without. In the circumstances, that hope survives in this bastard place we call Earth is a miracle that some would see as equally absurd, yet is a soothing balm for the inflicted. (Sorry for the wordiness about your thought provoking poem, Lawrence!)
Blessings, Allen
2024-10-15


alarian The PoetBay support member heart!
as I said mainly, it's for believers impossible to define G-d, so you won't find Him in a dictionary
2024-10-10


KYREUS of Sweden The PoetBay support member heart!
Life is
- an ABSURD DESIGN.
2024-10-10