Hope

Poor people are religious,
for they need hope in their lives.

Imaginative people grasp at magic when faced with the incredulity of ancient dogma.
Pity Crowley, for he needed hope.

Philosophers are eternally restless and seek understanding,
for they need hope in their lives.

Nihilists seek perfect love,
for they need hope, the fools,
as if a thing like that
could exist.

Idiots are happy,
one assumes,
if idiots really exist.

Are Mayflies contented?

All young things love life, which grows forever.
Pity the universe, when past half of its age.

The more adept we become at predicting the future,
the worse the feeling becomes.
The more adept we become at predicting the future,
the more we need hope.
Middle-class Buddhists talk of living in 'the now'
to escape their 'scrying'.
It is all about escapism.

Everything is all about escapism.
Everything is all about escapism.
Everything is all about escapism.

© Mark Sheeky. Permission is required for reproduction.