In More Archaic Times
In more archaic times,
Full of fiction and philosophers,
The people would have
Believed
Poseidon opened his angry mouth and sucked in the tide
To reveal
The naked, secret, bottom of the ocean
Giving a horrible vision of his
Vindictive Wrath
Just before he released his destruction upon the wicked and innocent.
And it made sense to those left living.
Their gods were malleable, mercurial, mystical.
In more sophisticated times,
Full of morality and religion,
The people celebrate the
Immaculate conception and birth of the savior of man.
Meanwhile
The tide sucked into the bowels of the deep,
The bottom of the secret blue was revealed
for an instant
Before murder was released upon the wicked and innocent.
And it makes sense to those left living.
Our God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omni-benevolent.
Copyright © Robert Woolridge | Year Posted 2005
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