From Blades Of Grass To Galaxies



Myopic the exigencies
a "synthetic god" is created;
magnificent awe truncated
all the wonders desecrated
from blades of grass to galaxies

Excoriate self to appease
dissuading God's "jealous tirade;"
seeking coddle with favored aid
pleading supplications are made
triumphant success if they please

Enough to repel and appall
some expect God to choose their
side against those they wish to deride
in Him we consist and abide
this Source is the "All And In All"

A God many worship and fear
conceived by the limited mind
as small as their internal find
with projected "traits of mankind"
the reductionism is clear
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AXBBA ACCCA DXEED FGGGF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 590
Words 102
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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