Atheist Poetry, my own that is.

I haven’t been writing much poetry these days, but I was going through my Google Docs, only to stumble upon a few old poems. Since they are inspired by my atheist world view and/or my love of education » science » evolution…

(The Goods of) Time

Never plentiful enough; always far too much
So quick to slur, slowly blur
And jump ahead-
Ticking away, picking
At the hands of the
Clock
Who keeps
Changing the gears.

[Written: August 14, 2006]

This poem refers to the idea that the only thing that’s at all “in control” or “god-like” is time; which it’s really not per se, but c’mon a little artistic license anyone? ;) The following poem is slightly more obvious, mainly referring to the end-of-days-ers:

Believe Blind

Cyclical logic, belief blind
To those with a clear end to time
Suffering in an intolerable mind;
Divide zero by zero to get nine.

No end in sight to abbreviate,
Final energy obfuscates
Decaying mass. Signals wait
Moments as they invent fate.

[Written: January 3, 2007]

Written before I had the pleasure of knowing A Division by Zer0, btw. On to the last one (for today):

Push Beyond (Immorality Concedes)

Reveal immorality
truly, just the wrong
way of taking
a living breathing-
devour the being,
raping rational
thought. Inhumanly
consuming logic
callously
with A sharp-

[Written: July 12, 2006]

After being inundated by fundamentalists and other strong theists (mostly in the media), that godlessness is equated to immorality, I began blogging (and writing more). The teaching of children and other impressionable people around them that the events in the holy book of their choice are to be taken literally (i.e. creationism) is far more harmful than any form of atheism, secularism, or non-adherence to religion.

If you happen to enjoy any of these, don’t worry, I have moar!