Unchained

 

I should say something spiritual

Because I always should

You should, too

Not because we’re prophets

Or Plato’s philosopher-monarchs

But because the world of “ness”

Ideals

(chairness, truthness)

Is far beyond us

While we’re looking in the cave

And through dark glass

 

So anyone might speak

And everyone should have a turn

Not for the ego, no

Not for hidden revelation

Revealed for a profit (that’s the

money and the ego-kind)

But because everyone gets a turn

And another

In each round

That’s how we talk

And carry on with each other

And with God

 

Each one matters

In spite of what we do

Angels as the agents

Will keep tabs

Keep count

Make sure we get it right

Or pay for it later

No, it’s not a matter of punishment

It’s an issue of being fair

Though for each one lost

There will be a reckoning

(sorry)

So give each one a chance

Or maybe lose it later

 

And this is spiritual?

Well, not everything is gospel

As in good news

Sometimes the news is hard

Maybe the bookkeeper takes a lead

From our own media,

Which certainly must tell us

What we value

No?

Then change it

Change everything, if need be

If you can follow the rule of love

To do it

 

Bring your new army to the door

And don’t release a rock

From a sling

Or fire a shot

But win the day because

The gates of hell will not prevail

Against us

 

C L Couch

 

 

photo by Jason Blackeye on Unsplash

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