Meditation on Power to Be

Meditation on Power to Be

 

Uber mind

Creator of all we perceive

conceived in electron energy.

Concentric conscious rings

connected, 

emit reality between.

 

Back beat incorporates flash jazz dance

weaves magic of song;

metaphoric feet entrain,

spinning common lore.

 

Irretrievable voice remains define present.

Hark, this is a moment of re-visions.

 

Brutal authenticity

hallmark of this 21st century.

Refute celestial entities;

express heartfelt wonder for

mysteries beyond our sky,

differences between faith and bliss.

 

May I take this stage to express guesses

(not insist) for conversation:

 

Preachers in this fallen world reach out to touch, to teach

as their creed requires to rectify desire.

Responsibility to each generation begins at conception,

ends at birth.

Children mature counting time to the measure

of what they see as worth.

 

Thus, breeds pestilence in hellfire, soot enhanced treasure

for pleasure of the damned as god's plan.

Beasts and hunting bands maraud green forest, blue shore.

 

Scores equal blessings.

Hammer, nail, ships taut to sail, whistles, tambourines,

cuneiform silkscreens, slaves to machines.

 

Whales were legless leviathans

Once upon a story

 

Early learning cast the play of we and they.

Blood, bone, face

is not man, soil intent on destiny.

Shadow marketeers sell swords, honour,

blessings to follow the faith as good fathers demand.

Soft blood dries -- throes of maggots and microbes

cunningly feast on folly.

Can the wage of war pay to feed our habit?

Vegetation of these mythic forests grows

twisted, tinged in dark crimson layers.

Smell terror, violent death --

fresh meat, or fresh enough for remnant

gnashed snarls of teeth and salivation.

Lullabies drenched in sweet hope

snapped for a dream.

 

War, to improve the species, 

cull the less fit or fortunate,

revitalize with hybridization. 

Trained adversaries of different kin join in 

biocultural cross-fertilization.

New semination, ideas, vigor, replace those

destroyed in battle.  Hegelian dialectic played out

in donnybrook and brothel,

conquered and conquerors commingle in the everyday. 

 

Warrior upon warrior. 

Young, aggressive, strong, culturally arrogant,

seeking honour, adoration, through attack. 

Like young male cats

of the archetypal jungle, sent out from the tribe

to trouble the enemy.

 

Lesser punks relegate to jail.  Yeah, yeah, get the scofflaws off the street;

scapegoats for collective demons need be punished well. 

While locked in hell, too, losers from the gene pool. 

The privileged and their entourage

seldom serve time.  Innocents sans means

get rousted and warehoused.  The holy encourage:

Keep 'em chained until aged weak beyond appeal.

 

Modern reason might usurp these adaptations. 

 

Species, in danger of elimination, needed arrogance

to demand resources

to feed more warriors

to keep each kin group scrambling

for position.   To get more competitive, through competition.

 

Billions of voices shout cacaphony.

Sentient choices blend better as harmony.

By liminal command, young aggressors channel

to sport, fantasy war, adventurous work. 

Next level survival demands we assess, re-learn.

 

 

June 2010