Dilemma

Faith is often blind, and that seems tragic.
It drops to its knees, humble and devout. 
Science’s problem is lack of magic. 
It can’t accept the mystical throughout.

Each sees light stream
through a prism of glass. 
The pious think of stained-glass 
and God’s bliss, and all but simplicity they let pass. 
They have no need for a hypothesis. 

The logical need to know how light’s bent, 
and measure photon wavelength to decide 
if particle-waves end the argument 
or there are more dimensions to divide. 

The first has all the answers that it needs. 
The other must seek before it accedes.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Kendrick Avatar
May 15, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Interesting work..God made it and man just learns what it is and what it does..Sara
Mist Avatar
May 15, 2011 at 11:58 AM
i responded to your censorship poem, the only ones complaining of porn censorship are ones posting it or reading it..
Kotsybar Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 11:39 AM
The only ones responding to topics that they imagine having to do with sex are those who are obsessed with pornography.
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