God's Replacements

Nietzsche declared that God is dead Since thoughts of Him man’s heart has fled. If it is true that God is dead Let hearts of men be filled with dread. Once God had died the race was on among the gods man’s mind would spawn, which one would fill the space God left? Yea, who would occupy the cleft? The no-God notion tried and failed To fill the void man’s proud heart veiled The need for one greater than man Whose essence man’s mind cannot span. Materialism also failed As grift and greed man’s heart assailed. Possessions could not fill his need Once man from his God did secede. Scientists tried God’s role to fill Their efforts cannot fit the bill. The inventions their knowledge yields spawn hazards that are like minefields. Marxism, and all the other isms has left society mired in schisms. Man sought freedom by declaring God dead, The absence of God brought bondage instead. God’s replacements have failed to quell The yearnings that in man’s mind swell. These cravings only God can fill As man accedes unto His will.