Why God Is Not The Answer Poem by Raj Arumugam

too many readily answer me:
God is the answer…


the problem is,
starting with something undefined
and using cliches: ‘Oh, just three letters, one word’
they invite you into seeming simplicity and clarity
and then lead one
into the ravenous and Khmer Rouge corridors of organized religion
that preach revelation that is past
revelation distorted in language:
how can you trust the deceitful?
the word is never the thing
and is therefore deception
therefore honest ones cannot use three letters, one word: God


poor deceivers, undeceive yourself first;
dearest lazy deceivers,
words ensnare the mind;
surely your Three-letters-One-word Being
must know this
and therefore will not and cannot leave any revelation