Under the spirited holiday lights,
under the good will and frantic baking,
under the gaily decorated tree, and under my skin,
uncertainty still ravens and rips at thoughts….

Is there any point, anymore, to celebrating
grasped-upon holidays, preempted religions days,
when over-accompanied by asinine commercialism?
Is there any way to explain our fixed beliefs
could be skewed? Is there a way to clarify our past,
as Humanity is nothing but what we want to see,
and everything we choose to ignore?

I believe Mankind is losing itself,
traveling away from creation’s respect
for bio-commonality. After all, we’ve been
murdering each other for eons, raping our planet,
smothering our inner sight.

To what end? Over six billion people, and a plan
gone awry. No wonder we blame each other;
no Gods reside upon the earth, no audience given,
no questions asked of, and answered, by any
known or proclaimed Godhead.

Do you think we conveniently forgot?
Or were stricken by mind-wiping sickness?
Did you ever feel our real Fathers came,
not from the dust of a tiny speck in this solar system,
but, from the stars, and beyond? Have we become
marooned, lost? Have we made do
with where we stopped?

Perhaps, in the beginning, we tried harder
to maintain harmony. Then, became obversely
proprietary, forgetting fraternity in our earthy
lusts and wants. And, so, we were formed by
ourselves, disgracing cosmic origins, pitting
God against god against Man against man.

Above the manufactured colored lights,
above the greed and ‘free will’s’ clever taking,
above the baldly generated bonhomie, and in my flesh,
certainty fills my mind, and raptures thoughts…

Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen
© Copyright 12/21/04