We search for Your holy grail
We long for your truth
to stamp out the bale
as we run round in circles
and chase our own tails
Are You a personality?
Or simply a mass of energy?
Do You know and love each of us?
Or should we grapple with logic
and in science find solace?
Where should we stand
on this onerous issue?
Which doctines to follow
and which should we eschew?
Who is right and who is wrong?
Who is weak and who is strong?
Why not Chatholics,
Israelites or Muslims?
Perhaps the answers lie
with Jesus, Confucious or Buddha?
What about Druidism, Wicca,
Scientology and Santeria?
Is there no absolution,
or some certain solution
to the symptom of this world?
To the fact we're all idolaters,
steeped in modern paganism
and the worshipping of ourselves?
How can we refine
the archetypes of old?
Into a cauldron hurl religion,
and transmute lead into gold?
To resist the evil legion
and boldly break the mold?
Divinity is borne of sacrifice
from selfishness, a gravestone
We are but parts of one whole,
and each holds the key
to the philosopher's stone
Copyright 2007 Beatriz Oliver