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Gifts
God's gift to man
is to destroy
the cathedrals of the mind
as we build monuments
to ourselves on the mounds of the dead,
believing we can purchase heaven
and pollute the stars
with our hubris and greed.
The meek shall inherit the earth,
are the words forsaken
in an afterlife
of unending strife,
as avarice becomes our god
God's gift to man
is to destroy that we might live
is to destroy
the cathedrals of the mind
as we build monuments
to ourselves on the mounds of the dead,
believing we can purchase heaven
and pollute the stars
with our hubris and greed.
The meek shall inherit the earth,
are the words forsaken
in an afterlife
of unending strife,
as avarice becomes our god
God's gift to man
is to destroy that we might live
Published 3rd Apr 2024
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3rd Apr 2024 12:56pm
This is a great take on the selfishness of man and moral corruption. This part especially stands out to me:
“believing we can purchase heaven
and pollute the stars
with our hubris and greed.”
“believing we can purchase heaven
and pollute the stars
with our hubris and greed.”
3rd Apr 2024 2:10pm
Made me think of the Tower of Babel, case of man's ideas getting above his station - what is our equivalent today?
4th Apr 2024 9:10am
Sodom and Gomorrah as well, but I can't think of a modern equivalent unless we include politics and the brokerage of power. .... So maybe Washington DC is next, idk.
