God Mixes Metaphors

WriteEditSeek on Sep 14, 2009

Tags: define, defining, God, mind of, mystical, Mysticism, Poetry, questions, religion

This is a humorous poem about the difficulty of defining God. It pokes gently at our inadequate beliefs that we know what God is, what we are, and what the purpose of life is.

The mind of God

Must be like a slinky,

Lanky, twisting, kinky

Down the stairs of time its goal,

One, by one, by one, its toll

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Or the mind of God

Must be like a head of cauliflower,

Amputated and turned sour,

In a Ziploc container the heads cower,

For they could not last another hour

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Or the mind of God

Must be like pieces of gravel,

Cast off from comets as they unravel,

Pulling at the tail of the universe as they travel,

A cosmic game of Scrabble

—

Or the mind of God

Must be a woman parked in a vintage tin,

Plucking at one wiry whisker on her chin,

Only to find that in the place of that tugged lock—I grin—

Grows another and another beauty sin

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Or the mind of God

Must be like a summer day and cherry pie,

Or a caterpillar turning into a butterfly,

Or a comic on the stage whose jokes die . . . sigh . . .

As we stub our toe and rub our eyes

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Shamanz on Sep 14, 2009
I love the poem. Carries a sense of humour and very creative. Definitely a way of looking at God from a different perspective!

Way to go.
N. Lloyd Andrews on Sep 14, 2009
I like it. For some reason this line from the Styx song “Crystal Ball” comes to mind:

“I wonder what tomorrow has in mind for me
Or am I even in its mind at all…”

Except for the disruption of cadence, one could substitute the word tomorrow with the word god.

I think to myself that if there is a god, what the heck was he thinking.

One example is the fact that insects got six legs, yet humans only have two legs and two arms. I think humans could make much better use of an extra pair of arms and hands than the insects make of their 3rd pair of legs.
Guy Hogan on Sep 18, 2009
I’m convinced that we cannot comprehend God; not only can we not comprehend God we are willing and happy to do all sorts of atrocities in the the name of God.

Forgive me. I’m being way too serious for such a fun poem.
WriteEditSeek on Sep 19, 2009
@ N — I wonder how human history would have turned out differently if we had another pair of arms and legs. LOL

@ Guy — I agree with you. It’s not possible to comprehend God. I think God is the designated excuse for many atrocities, but I think it just comes down to human nature. If God weren’t available as the excuse, something else would be.

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