Poetry – Wake up – the fourth and last of my humanist, secular poems.

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Wake up

This was the fourth and last of my humanist, secular poems as part of Dave Kingsbury’s secular rituals.

I am not sure if it is possible to create a ritual that is not daft no matter how laudable the aims. Every time I look at a ritual and analyse it it looks remarkable silly. I can’t watch a coronation or bishop’s address without suppressing a smirk. All those ermine robes, big hats, raised plinths, thrones, maces and crooks (aptly named) – the jewels, incense and glitter. It is all designed to elevate an ordinary person above everyone else – so transparent it is laughable.

Your highness.

It has to be an elaborate joke, doesn’t it?

But then the modern druids with their headdresses and robes doing all their rituals look completely daft. I bet they all change into their suits and go back to the office on Monday.

The Kings, Queens, Popes, Priests, Imams and Bishops are all merely ordinary people dressing and playing a part. They are no different to you and me.

So quite a challenge Dave.

But we fall for it. We love the spectacle. We bow down before the high and mighty and assume that, because of all the lavish dress and ritual, they must be better than us, know more than us, and be worthy of their eminence. Perhaps it gives us comfort and security?

Can we have an egalitarian ritual? Over to you Dave.

 

Wake up

 

Wake up.

For it is better to see

Than to be blind.

To kill is to close your heart.

Feel the breeze

And drink deep of the water

That gives life.

Feel the soft soil,

The sun and warmth;

See the mauve of the distant hills

And watch the sun slip

Quietly below the land.

Praise the light.

Praise the warmth.

Praise the water.

Be thankful for your life.

Nurture it with all your might.

Turn away from death

And breathe.

 

Opher 14.3.2016

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10 thoughts on “Poetry – Wake up – the fourth and last of my humanist, secular poems.”

  2. That’ll do nicely! A song of praise to encourage our ability to see and feel. Just the sort of thing I was thinking of. The egalitarian one is a good challenge … hmm …

  4. Hey Opher, Namaste 🙂

    Ritual, we all have them, even you…for example that hat 😉 I also have a hat, a Beanie hat covered in butterfly brooches. It’s what I wear writing poems. What is your excuse? 😀

    Even better than a hat, Charles Dickens was a control freak who allegedly displayed many of the symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). It is suggested in a new book about him that he developed a ritualistic routine in his life and an obsessive approach to work, which compelled him to rearrange the furniture in hotel rooms before working. Interesting eh? 🙂

    Hoping all is well and dandy and your fickle fine or finer

    Namaste 🙂

    DN

    1. Hi Dewin,

      Yes my fickle is in no pickle thanks. My hat keeps my cerebral sulci and gyri suitably heated so that conduction is increased. At least that is the theory.

      I too seem to have that OCD. My wife says that I automatically rearrange everything to make it look like a random mess. I seem to work fine in that.

      I trust all is good in your world?

      All the best to you

      Opher

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      1. Morning Opher, Namaste 🙂

        Theoretically plausible your ‘excuse’ is acceptable and your street-credibility intact and secure. Is there anything better than super-conductivity or high-arching connectivity – tis candy for the brain! 😉

        Random mess – randomness – ran don mess – ran down mess – run down mess – sun down missed – sun owned kiss – sun home bliss – out of the wilderness 🙂

        Love and Peace dude – ‘May Venus Vivitus and always be Vivus’

        Namaste 🙂

        DN
        (Sent from my Outlook from space)

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