The Pandemic Of Chronic Spiritual Pain Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

The World Health Organization is silent
The health system knows nothing about it
The spirit is not covered by medical aid benefits schemes
Spiritual matters are pushed to the house of religion
Religion prescribes even stiffer penalties
Excursions outside the Word of God is not tolerated
Even silly expeditions such as drinking wine
Are not permitted by the rigid fence of religion
The spirit is caught between the injustices of the world
And the "holiness" of the religious dispensation
It's not unusual for a "child of God" to fall by the wayside
And find no compassion at the hands of religion
The family system is also failing to address the spirit
Weak family bonds exacerbate the spiritual pain
It's common for people to imbibe in alcohol and other drugs of abuse
To try to sooth the chronic spiritual pain within
It's not unusual for people to drown in the sea of wickedness
Trying to escape the pangs of spiritual pain
The pandemic of chronic spiritual pain is not outside the current reality
It sits at the centre of the present existence
Unless mankind finds the Truth
He will continue to seek solace in money, drugs, alcohol and technology
He will continue to chase after the elusive happiness
He will surely die of loneliness
The Truth exist now and for everyone
It's imperative to stop and listen
Not to your mind's overactive train of thoughts
Or your body's aching joints
It's important to listen to the Silence within (soul)
And wrap yourself with a blanket of stillness
The body, mind and soul needs you to listen
To open your heart to the realm of possibilities (nothingness)
It's a gift to know the path of Light (awareness)
It's more than medicine to drink from the spring of life (sacrifice)
It's vital that you find your true self (Oneness)
It's the Love within that heals (God)
It's the absence of you (ego)
That will bring you freedom
It's Love that will bring you peace
Love is a divine covenant
Nothing can break it
Not even time or space (logic)
Love is the summit of existence
Be in Love
Be the Love

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