Phil Capitano Poet Lyric

Unholy Waters

UNHOLY WATERS

The shaman beats his drums
Summons spirits to come
Speaking in animal tongues
The Earth is in his songs.
He passes through the light
With his second sight
He searches for the parts of soul
To make the broken whole.

				These are unholy waters to some
				Certainly not the Chosen Ones;
				Darkness will descend,
				Where we begin we end.

The priest blesses the wine
Suddenly it is blood divine.
“Drink it!”, he exclaims.
“Drink it in His name.”
He speaks of saving souls,
The greatest story ever told.
No death for all believers,
Damnation to all sinners.

                                These are unholy waters to some
				Certainly not the Chosen Ones;
				Darkness will descend,
				Where we begin we end.


To side with Evolution
Is to commit a ‘mortal’ sin.
What about entanglement?
Not written in the Ten.
“Spooky action at a distance”;
Met with such resistence.
Science has its Big Bang,
Was God there when it began?

				These are unholy waters to some
                                Questions of belief and the words
                                Not from what tree we descend,
				Where we begin we end.

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Mike Hauser June 24, 2016 at 8:48 AM Very cool piece!

Probir Gupta June 23, 2016 at 5:45 AM Beautiful irony ... Enjoyed so much ...the beautiful refrain, though happily reminding of Eliot, "Where we begin we end" is amazing ... Phil Capitano June 24, 2016 at 9:15 AM You are very perceptive, Probir, after Cummings was my fave poet and before the present Rumi I had an affair with TS Eliot and Dylan Thomas. The result is in my poem "Wasted Words", have a laugh on me. Namaste.