There are two enemies of man:
success and failure
and neither help us understand
who we are in God’s great plans.
– Joseph Gnatek
So far so good that we don’t understand
What or who we’re in great God’s grand
Plans that unfold bit by bit as long as time is
Had it been a tumbling back to the Timeless
Where is God vanishing in void with his plans
Down to His enigmatic scheme of electrons
Had we seen through the gamut of
God’s games and sports and schemes, where …
And where exactly would we have been…
Sitting probably by His side and telling Him
Over the shoulders, why My God! Why keep
Repeating Thy fond mistake of making man
The pawn of power that’s more fiendish than
That of the legions of Satan, Beelzebub and Demogorgon… or why not move the cosmos
Speedier than light that the effect must come
Before the cause and the toothless old folks
Get moment by moment young and juvenile
Rather than being more and more senile
Till they’re a burden to dismiss for old age home.
Copyright © Jay Basu
