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Linking with Susan's prompt at Mid-week Motif~ Science over at Poet's United
"Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men."
~Jean Rostand
It has been whispered in my ear yet forever is such a mighty word
we use with such frequent casualty flinging it around like a kite on display
with the recklessness of dreamers and earnestness of poets
as if we could truly contain the stars in a tin can
we chase forever's essence as if it could be caught
it has been written before me yet religion is such a fragile word
we say with such power
shuffling it around on desk tops like legal documents
with the harshness of scientists and disregard of fools
as if we could truly contain the stars in a tin can
we try to see the face of God
ignorant
to the revelation that we have already seen the sparkle in His eyes.
This is an old poem that I wrote a long time ago, but I felt it fit the prompt so well that I thought I would re-post it and share it again. The subject of God and science has always been so controversial. So many do not agree, and even more just only have faith in what they can see with their own two eyes, and touch with their own hands. This life is a beautiful mystery indeed, and we are all seekers of the truth, but we learn more when we open up our hearts than when we open up any text book in our reach.