To seek and to find

Man seeks god,
Where he cannot find.
In the mortar and bricks
of towers, domes and spires.

He mouths mantras of words;
Recites the scriptures of pages.
Neither inane reading nor sloganeering
Makes him any less cunning.

Almighty resides beyond the recesses,
of man's growing distrust and crookedness.
To forsake the selfless not too far
Not too near to bless the selfish either.

Serve the hapless, He is served,
Feed the poor, He is propitiated,
Speak the truth, His mantras reinvented,
Be kind, His religion rightly practised,
Become a man, His kingdom straight reached.