The Book

We’re brothers true, both me and you

            Part of the same big family

We’re red, black, white and yellow too

            So sad we can’t live peacefully

Man’s escalating his arms race

In sending billions out to space

While here on earth grave problems face

Those of our near posterity

What can we do both me and you?

            Voices in the wilderness calling fear

Multinational companies over all

            Vested interests both far and near

In desperation I explored

Philosophies from all abroad

None of them left me overawed

Just feeling empty after all

Some beliefs I just can’t see

            They’re far too violent you’ll agree

To strap a bomb around my chest

            And blow me to eternity

The Sunni and the Shiite kind

To hate each other are inclined

They will with God no virgins find

And Jihad never satisfies

But then the so-called Christians say

            “Look here! We’ll fill you full of awe”

But wait up now don’t speak so fast

            In your realm started two world wars

Christendom's faiths we now behold

We see them steeped in deaths untold

They did not soldiers lives withhold

But fought for national sovereignty

“They have The Book!” I hear you cry

            “The Holy Bible they proclaim”

Be sure they do each one speaks out

            Words not in line with truth are vain

They philosophise and speculate

The sacred writings they berate

With evolution they relate

And teaching truth we just don’t see

I have read of other faiths

            There are so many to be sure

A myriad sects beliefs and ways

            They plead – "knock on our hallowed doors"

But none proclaim a way so pure

And everlasting life assure

They all just paint such thin allure

Their wise men merely fantasise

I was sure there’s God above

            And he’s the sovereign over all

The Book says simply “God is Love”

            With hypocrites He’s not enthralled

In loving purpose we should find

His faithful ones to each are kind

They do not selfish interests mind

But love each other through and through

And then one day while on my way

            I heard a knock upon my door

A well dressed man The Book in hand

            Showed cause for hope and then much more

The prophecies both proved and bold

From thence far Eden now unfold

The way to life so clearly told

Harmonious beauty; dignified

So now you see my faith restored

            I see The Book for what it’s worth

Heed not those faiths just claiming God

            Hypocrisy demonstrates a dearth

The Book I hold in reverent awe

See purpose in its holy law

Close to my maker I now draw

Exceeding comfort heartens me

I’ve come to learn it’s not in vain

            That God lets wickedness hold sway

Anguished ones like me and you

            With groaning sighs sincerely pray

In seeking reasons we have looked

In every covert cranny, nook

To find them all within The Book

And loving reason satisfies

Within God's Word we’re taught to pray

            'Please let your name be sanctified'

'Please let your Kingdom come O Lord'

            Your rulership will satisfy

Man's rebellion and self-rulership

Has brought us right here to the brink

It’s failed what more now can we think?

Please rescue us immediately

Be sure it’s all there in The Book

            Just seek to read it every day

It is no burden no big chore

            Its wisdom leads us on our way

It shines above all other tomes

It shows the way just it alone

If spurned it will not lead us home

Wisdom’s light embodified