All Things Are Nothing To Me

What is not supposed to be my concern! First and foremost, the good cause, then God's cause, the cause of mankind, of truth, of freedom, of humanity, of justice; further, the cause of my people, my prince, my fatherland; finally, even the cause of Mind, and a thousand other causes.…

No god I know is still alive -

all five thousand and seven

appear to have died.



The great god Huitzilopochtli 

led the Aztecs' divine pack -

but He departed awhile back.



Zeus was fun, and had His run, 

but while disguised as a swan,

they say, His neck got wrung.



Pluto - God of the…

So this is the work of some higher being

I'm not at all impressed with what I'm seeing

A beautiful universe at distance

but explain to me it's existence

According to you, it's the work of some god

but this creation is nothing but fraud

A poorly plagiarized Van Gogh

at a price, if any, that's low

No love put in it, no matter

what the creator's claim

Excuses for his actions, lame

But you buy it all the same

Perhaps to look…

Because I choose not to obey,

To words spoken in metaphors,

Left too open to interpretation,

I am warned of condemnation.

I never sought to make sense,

Of these symbols left to chance,

I will be my own creation,

The results of my own conclusion.

I am deemed self-important,

Egotistical and arrogant,

I am told I believe in lies,

As they plead to me with their cries,

And their age-old rethoric,

That leave my insides twisted and…