A Question of Belief

The other day in synagogue 
   I thought to myself 
there isn't any God 
What am I doing here? 
But I stayed anyway 
Let me explain why:
  I - and many of you out there in
the darkness are 
     addicted to writing verse 
Poetry cannot be explained  by reason alone
   Where does it come from? 
A whisper in the breeze 
    can tell you that
 Write on, friends!
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Zerlaut Avatar
April 1, 2017 at 9:42 AM
There is an understanding among some Christian circles that suggests that it's wrong to question God. The Jewish belief is that like Jacob in Genesis... we should metaphorically "wrestle" with God. I think that endears me heavily to the Jewish people.. because I want to wrestle with scripture... pick at it, pull it apart and put it back together like mechanical parts of a working machine. or "wrestle" with it.... simply to better understand it. Thank you for sharing your wonderful poem.
Dietrich Avatar
March 28, 2017 at 7:37 PM
Matt, I hope you truly do not believe there is not a God . Why else are we here and writing poems?
Zerlaut Avatar
April 1, 2017 at 9:38 AM
I don't think he's saying there really is no God. I think he's saying that like the way poetry flows from us, that God also can not always be explained. it's not a factual thing, but a spiritual, or natural. I could be entirely wrong, but "Poetry cannot be explained by reason alone" is what caused me to draw comparison.
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