Block Your Ears

 Block Your Ears

 

© January 15, 2023

 

ARC

 

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After murderous attack, I lost two houses:

 

literally became homeless like those I helped.

 

Children succored/sheltered me in their abodes:

 

`senior interrupted’ was at major crossroads.

 

 

The first year was surreal to say the least:

 

felt as if I was in higher parallel universe.

 

I was spiritually comforted walking to daily mass:

 

needed to be among believers and prayers class.

 

 

Until one Sunday, had to walk out during sermon:

 

priest railing against homosexuals exclaiming sin:

 

I knew he was victim of false bible interpretation:

 

agony over perpetuation caused physical rotation.

I decided to go instead to nearby local park:

 

nature is divine church representing one/all.

 

One early Sunday morning saw `singing nun’.

 

her voice truly was like angel radiating sun.

 

 

She exclaimed she hadn’t seen me of late:

 

my explanation made her visibly upset.

 

She pleaded for me to continue habit:

 

promptly went believing divine gambit.

 

 

I arrived at the earliest Sunday mass:

 

laughter filled my soul’s quest.

 

It was in Spanish, so totally foreign:

 

language meaning same every warren.

 

 

I decided to assert to elder priest:

 

empathetic wisdom surprised me.

 

“Block your ears” when you hear error:

 

Primacy of Conscience right of each bearer.

 

 

But religious representatives still doing it:

 

preaching mistake to followers taught to obey.

 

Congregation innocent fallacies imparted for eons:

 

began originally with Roman Catholic Europeans.

 

 

And, to this day, leaders of Catholic/Christian thought:

 

perpetuating translations that are deeply misunderstood.

 

Out of context semantics are homophobically explained:

 

same done misogynistically for women eras constrained.

 

 

There is one religion role modeling free truthful inquiry:

 

Unitarian Universalists seek responsible spiritual meaning.

 

Creeds historically proclaimed by men embody platform:

 

burning/banning books, preserving false teachings is norm:

 

 

Religions safeguard false teachings to insure economics:

 

pews must be filled for donations to keep coffers full.

 

To make sure attendance is weekly plus extra occasions:

 

guilt induced if not there stating sin orthodox persuasions.

You see, `we the people’ are paying their salaries:

 

to ensure our patronage strategies must be used.

 

Asserting God commands obedience is decisive resource:

 

Torah/Old/New Bible Testaments is interpretative source.

 

 

Historian Harari’s eloquent writings challenges one/all:

 

beliefs perpetuated by men claiming appearance by God.

 

Multi dogmas resulted in wars, genocides, slavery…

 

righteous few/far between noted for their bravery.

 

 

I believe the highest aim is love/respect other as self:

 

hold sacred `divine’ ethos representing premier of all.

 

Equal respect translates taking place of the other:

 

universal kith/kin treated truly as sister/brother.

 

 

Until religious/political/secular leaders believe in this:

 

division, hatred, strive, chaos, wars will continue.

 

We repeat what we sow is threatening mantra:

 

peace/harmony will allude our prayed for tantra.

 

Imagine our `Pilgrim’s Progress’ like giant box Crayola’s:

 

each color represents life seasons of every possible trait.

 

My Octogenarian age has used up most of the box:

 

it’s natural to experience others who think act like fox.

 

 

Individual, Family, Nation will reap what they sow:

 

history is testimony of truth and false teachings.

 

Listen to `righteous’ who exclaim best:

 

block your ears to all the rest.

 

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