Certainties
by cricketjeff on May 12, 2014. © Jeff Green, All rights reserved
There are those who see for certain the unerring hand of god
In everything that’s marvellous, or wonderful, or odd;
In the soaring of an eagle, in the singing of a lark,
In the colours of aurorae that redecorate the dark.
They salute the perfect artist as they gaze upon each work
But are silent when observing other mysteries that lurk.
If a god made every dragonfly did he make smallpox too?
If he gilded every sunset did he spread the Spanish flu?
Did one hand design ebola and malaria parasites
If there’s no evolution what made boomslangs’ lethal bites?
There are several strains of fungus that rewire their victims brains
Can you feel eternal mercy in a dying zombie’s pains?
When a child is saved from fever, “it’s a miracle” some say;
Did the god who saved your first-born kill ten thousand more next day?
Don’t just look at smiling roses (bred by men for many years)
Pick a sprig of poison ivy then explain away your tears.
For a garden full of flowers may be beautiful to see
But it’s weeds that feed the butterflies that set that beauty free.
Who’s afraid of thoughts and thinking, who thinks evidence is sin,
If we add to human knowledge the whole human race will win.
There are great men of religion but the worst men hide there too
Spreading lies to feed their fancies, which men educated you?
English