Soliloquy #2

SOLILOQUY #2


ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT
BROUGHT ON BY MEDICINE
NOT BY WORRY
ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT
WATCHING SHADOWS RUN ACROSS THE ROOM
AS CARS GO BY
TIME WAS WHEN THEY WERE MONSTERS
BUT I’VE OUT GROWN THEM
NOW THEY LISTEN TO ME
AS I TALK TO THEM
ABOUT QUESTIONS THAT HAVE NO ANSWERS
OR AT LEAST SATISFACTORY ANSWERS

LIKE WHY ARE CHRISTIANS
KNOWN MORE FOR HATE
THAN LOVE

SO VOLTAIRE CAN SAY

OF ALL RELIGIONS,
CHRISTIANITY IS WITHOUT A DOUBT
THE ONE THAT SHOULD INSPIRE TOLERANCE MOST,

ALTHOUGH, UP TO NOW,
THE CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN
THE MOST INTOLERANT OF ALL MEN

OR AS JOHN ADAMS OUR SECOND PRESIDENT SAID

THIS WOULD BE THE BEST
OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS,
IF THERE WERE NO RELIGION IN IT

IF WE ARE MADE IN GOD’S IMAGE
SHOULD WE NOT BE GOD-LIKE
AND BE LOVING
FOR GOD IS LOVE






IT SHOULD BE THE MEASURE
BY WHICH WE MEASURE
ALL THINGS
BIBLE VERSES
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
RELIGIONS
ANYTHING WHICH DIMINISHES MAN
GOD’S SPECIAL CREATION



WHY ARE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
OFTEN GLOOMY
WHY DO GOOD PEOPLE
OFTEN GIVE CHURCHES
A BAD NAME

PLACES
WHERE A SINNER
WOULD NOT FEEL WELCOME
FOR IF WE EXCLUDE HIM
HOW WILL HE HEAR THE WORD



BUT AS FOR ME
I KNOW THE SUN WILL NEVER SET
NOR THE MOON CHANGE ITS SIZE
THE LORD WILL SHINE ETERNAL LIGHT UPON ME
AND MY DAYS OF SORROW WILL END
AND I SHALL WAIT FOR THAT MOMENT
MORE THAN WATCHMAN WAIT
FOR THE DAWN

BUT AS FOR ME
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO FIND FAULT
BUT TO LIVE EACH DAY
EACH PRECIOUS DAY
AS A PERSON MOTIVATED BY LOVE
TO KEEP MY LAMP TRIMMED
AND BE WAITING WHEN THE LORD COMES FOR ME

FRANK A VOLLMER