Sunday, March 29, 2009

certainty


certainty.....

clings to the desirous stalking of a matinee matron
wraps around vapid preaching from the pulpits of prey
smothers healthy doubters
silences "what if" whisperers
douses the flame of a new idea

clamps down on temptation
tackles fools on hills
dampens the dance of destiny
fights for the podium to face the masses of firm believers.
no questioning
no enlightening
no thinking
intellectual pondering need not show up.
For God's sake don't use your brain!
certainty has NO time for absurdity
certainty has NO patience for the slow meandering pontificator
Certainty has no room for wasteful choking on undigested ruminants.
Swallow it whole....or go hungry.

And if this isn't how you want to view things,
may i introduce you to....
humility and doubt?
just don't let certainty know they're around



2 comments:

Gilly said...

It was certainty I was running away from 3 or 4 years ago. Certainty is not faith. Not quite sure where I am yet, but getting there!

awareness said...

Gilly....the more i think about it, the more i realize that its certainty, especially when it is tied to faith based dialogue we should be afraid of, not the unknown and not the opportunity to question it all.