You did not want to be crucified
as an example of what happens to men
who think and feel for themselves
what is right and wrong
seeing and hearing all those desperate voices
clamour above all other voices
what is really wrong
and what is right.
Yes I am just a singular voice
a granny who has lived and grieved
for all the inventions and arguments
who is to blame
who is an angel and who is a devil
it's not you who created these
good guy bad guy contests
that keep surviving even as we
witness people designated as leaders
influencers ... priests of fame and gold
the National News microphone at your lips
even though your body is not in the flesh
and your mouth cannot preach
to us who don't get it
don't realize your heart is inside all of us
with different names like
Moses, Mary, Joshuah
and all the Davids who ever lived
while Eve has been silenced
for now
but one day she will speak louder
so loud we shall weep
not because we are hurt
but because she knows
what it's like to be blamed
vilified and hated for all that
she did not do
horrified at how easy it is
for mortals to cast off their sins
and even as this planet aches
closer to death
we remember
it's not the Earth that shall die
but all limbed creatures
and their stories
like the meaning of stars
rain and wind
without songs
to the rhythm of blood
pulsing through busy veins.
It was not your fault
no matter how many times
your name was taken in vain
how many temples and churches
built in your honour
and how many lives taken
competing for the golden sword
wedged in the rock.
Here we are ... still
shutting down everything
that appears to be pointing at us
and not them.
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