Humanism fails
If it says
Mankind created its own destiny -
For mankind is weak
Ignorant and vain.
I know,
For I'm a member
Of that clan,
And know my weakness
My wanton impulse
My need
For governance,
Yea, even for the God -force
That brought me here
To acknowledge
My incapacity
All my inadequacy
To be my own mentor.
Thus,
I bow before it
Seek its face
While I live
In shadow
Longing for noon.
I cannot answer
All my own questions
Nor fill humanity's need.
Mankind struck
Deaf and dumb and blind
Before God's truth,
Though he abide
In cosmic awareness,
Knows mainly this,
He is not his own.