Alpha 2 Omega & Back Again Poem by J.. J

ABANDON TO ZOOM IN A THESAURUS
A TO ZYGOTE IN A DICTIONARY v. POCKET
FROM SEA, TO LAND, TO AIR
FROM EARTH TO THE MOON IN A ROCKET

ALL OF THESE STAGES ARE OLD NEWS
BARRIERS PAST BY OUR ANCESTORS AND KIN
FROM DESTRUCTIVE, WARMONGERING, TO PEACE
IS THE JOURNEY WE NOW BEGIN

RELIGION BINDS US ALL IN SO MANY WAYS
RULES, STRUCTURE, A SENSE OF WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG
THIS NECESSARY EVOLUTIONARY DARK PERIOD
HAS GONE ON NOW FOR FAR TOO LONG

RELIGIOUS BELIEF IS THE COMMON FOUNDATION
FOR SOCIETY TO FLOURISH AND THRIVE
RELIGION IN ALL OF ITS FACETS
IS THE ONLY REASON A SOCIETY CAN SURVIVE

AROUND 3500 YEARS OF CHANGES HAS PAST
SINCE MODERN RELIGION BEGAN TO BE COMPOSED
WITH CHANGE CAME SEPARATION AND FORMER KINSFOLK
VIEWPOINTS ONCE SHARED, BECAME VIEWPOINTS APPOSED

OPPOSITION LEADS TO CONFLICT
CONFLICT TO CONFRONTATION
CONFRONTATION LEADS TO DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
IN THE FUTILE GAME OF ESCALATION

IN OUR PAST GREAT RELIGIONS CAME AND WENT
THEIR HISTORIES NOW NO MORE THAN FOLK TALE
GENOCIDE AND THE BURNING OF SCRIPTURES
ENSURED THE NEW ORDER COULDN´T FAIL

NEW BELIEFS FROM AFAR, NOW EVER PRESENT
DON´T CARRY THE SAME WEIGHT AS BEFORE
SO IN A VAIN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE POPULOUS HAPPY
A DEITY´S WORD BECAME MODERNISED BY MAN´S LAW

THINGS ONCE FORBIDDEN BY YOUR GOD
CAN NOW BE PRACTISED WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE
FORMER ACTS THAT CARRIED THE DEATH PENALTY
GO UNPUNISHED, IF YOU MOVE TO THE RIGHT PLACE

THE PERVERSIFYING OF ANCIENT TEXTS
TO SUIT A MODERN SOCIETAL NEED
LEADS TO THE ADDITION OF NEW-AGED MORALS
WHILST THE OLD ONES ARE TRAMPLED AND BLEED

THE JOURNEY BACK TO STABILITY
IS AN EASY ONE FOR US TO TAKE
WITH THE LOGIC OF A PERFECT STRANGER
WITH YOUR KINSMEN YOUR OWN LAWS TO MAKE

LET´S DROP THIS PATRIARCHAL NIGHTMARE
LET SEXUAL EQUALITY FOR ONCE REIGN TRUE
A DIFFERENT KIND OF GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING
THAT EXPLAINS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO

WORSHIPPING RELIGIOUS ICONS MAY SEEM
ANTIQUATED, OLD FASHIONED AND PASSÉ
BUT IN A STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE IN ANCIENT TIMES
IT SEEMED THE ONLY LOGICAL WAY

LOGIC AND A FEW THOUSAND YEARS
HAS MADE US ALL SEE THE UNIVERSE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT
IT DOESN´T MEAN WHAT OTHERS THINK IS WRONG
IT DOES MEAN WHAT WE ALL BELIEVE TO BE TRUE IS RIGHT

IT DOESN´T MAKE SENSE THAT ONE RACE SHOULD BE THE "CHOSEN"
WITH THE SPECTRUM OF HUMAN DIVERSITY TO WIDE
IN A WAY WE ALL ARE THE SUPPOSED "CHOSEN"
WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS HOW WE ARE ON THE INSIDE

RESPECT FOR LAW AND ORDER
RESPECT FOR EACH OTHERS WAY OF LIVING
RESPECT FOR RELIGIOUS BELIEF
RESPECT FOR TOLLERANCE AND FORGIVING

WE ALL MADE THE SAME MISTAKES
WE HAVE ALL REPEATED THE PATTERNS OF LORE
BUT THIS TIME IT DOESN´T HAVE TO END
IN DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AS BEFORE

DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE
DEPICT A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES
BUT BELIEF IN THE ONE CHOSEN RACE
HAS MADE US ALL GLOBAL FOOLS

HUMANKIND HAS ONLY TWO SUB-DIVISIONS
ONE CALLED FEMALE, THE OTHER, MALE
BELIEF IN THE "HUNTER-GATHERER" BEING THE DOMINANT ONE
IS THE REASON WHY HUMANKIND IS DOOMED TO FAIL

SUPRESSION OF THE VERY BEINGS
THAT GAVE BIRTH TO EVERY SINGLE MAN
BEATING THEM SENSELESS WITH WEAPONS, FISTS AND WORDS
BASED PURELY ON THE PREMISS HE CAN

RESPECT FOR GENDER MUST BE FOREMOST
IF WE ARE TO SURVIVE AS A SPECIES
ALONG WITH CONSERVATION OF OUR PLANET
INSTEAD OF BLOWING IT TO PIECES

WEAPONS ARE A NECESSITY FOR OUR SURVIVAL
WITHOUT THEM WE WOULD SURELY PERISH
JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THEM, DOESN´T MEAN WE HAVE TO USE THEM
LIFE IS SOMETHING WE ARE SUPPOSED TO CHERISH

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
HAVE TRULY SHOWN US ALL THEIR WORTH
SO LETS USE THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THEM
IN READINESS FOR US TO LEAVE THIS EARTH

TOO MANY PEOPLE AND LIMITED NATURAL RESOURCES
IF THE GLOBAL POPULATION CONTINUES TO RISE
SO FOR THE SAKE OF THE SURVIVAL OF HUMANKIND
LET'S COLLECTIVELY OPEN OUR EYES

STOP WORSHIPPING, GET OFF OF OUR KNEES
STOP BOWING DOWN TO A CROSS OR A STAR
THEY ARE ICONS REPRESENTING IDEALS
THEY DON´T REPRESENT WHO WE REALLY ARE

WE ARE HUMANS WITH DIFFERENT TRADITIONS
WE ARE HUMANS WITH DIFFERENT LAWS
WE ARE HUMANS WITH DIFFERENT SKIN COLOURS
THIS SHOULD BE THE REASON FOR WARS?

WE WEREN´T MEANT TO LIVE FOREVER
IF WE WERE, WE ALREADY WOULD
AND IF YOU BELIEVE IN A HEAVENLY FATHER
BY NOW, YOU ALREADY SHOULD

NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE IN THIS WORLD
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ONLY ONE OF YOU
YOUR UNIQUENESS SLIGHTLY SHARED BY YOUR NEIGHBOUR
BUT STILL, NO-ONE DOES THINGS QUITE LIKE YOU

REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD
SOMETIMES YOU FELT ALONE AND FORLORN
THE WORLD AROUND YOU SHATTERED
REMEMBER … NO-ONE ASKED YOU IF YOU WANTED TO BE BORN

FOR THE SAKE OF EVERY FATHER AND EVERY SON
FOR THE SAKE OF EVERY MOTHER AND EVERY DAUGHTER
PLEASE LISTEN TO A VOICE OF REASON
PLEASE LISTEN ……. LISTEN AND LET'S STOP THIS UNNECESSARY SLAUGHTER