An Ocean Within

An Ocean within

Holier than thou men of God,
I didn't know he formed exclusive clubs.
You tell us we can all partake
But interpretation is only yours to make?

Tell me by what authority
Dost thou offer man indemnity?

By whose licence proclaim your right
To preach as though you alone,
Have divine insight?

How dare you presume to supplant,
He who lives in every human heart?
Don't you know it beats ever alert?
Mindful that the greatest good
Lies in doing to others, as only
One's self would choose?

Wouldst thou contain him in an
Empty house
However filled with incense and myrrh
But vacant of the Muse?

Dost thou don garments designed to show
Divine authority invested in you?
The Son of God wore no uniform
Safe at the very end,
His humble crown of thorns

Do you know mercy? Would you let live?
Can you content be, to only give?
Can you resist from playing decisive judge?
Placing yourself much higher above...
Can you trust in a higher plan
That individually caters to every man?
Can you forsake your false peace that demands
Every man should and must recant
His beliefs, his faith, that means his world, his life
Would you even step between a husband and wife?

Marriage was writ in the Holy books
Because it dwelt in ages before it
Became the way established so
True,
Ages before it was inscribed by the scribes
The vows two people in love or amity took
Records of it imprints in holiest private nooks
Of our instinctive human hearts
Now by our literal brains and minds forsook.

Forgetting we can only be accountable to ourselves
Not live as  virulent purpose of being, an example
To better everyone else.

To thine own self be true and
Let there be no "saving" of human souls please friends,
For however far and wide and vast you cast your arrogant fishing nets,
The humble Fisher of Hearts lives within, and owns
the entire ocean's range
From end to end.

© Amrita Valan 2015