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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