a good bible story

everybody loves a good bible story,
for the explosions, for the fire and brimstone,
for the dark clouds that rain down frogs and fish,
for un-carnal knowledge,
for unspeakable death and destruction,
the violent drama is exciting,
riddled with plague,
political corruption,
poverty and starvation,
social structures pulverized to a barking thunderous appeal,
like the kiss of Judas,
there are no hero’s in the devil’s penny arcade

i was totally thrown by that

since i became a man,
i've suffered from thoughts of a
melancholy awareness that I was
tethered to this mundane realm,
the casualty list is appalling

everything, every experience,
that has ever existed,
came from an appeal,
each appeal becomes stronger and stronger,
it begins to be expressed in words,
the power of the word, intention, meaning and purpose,
like energy floating around in the ether,
actions are set in motion,
childish thoughts and feelings are all around me again,
and experience manifested itself