Questions unanswered, remain mysteries in the minds of mankind
Diaries of lives, left behind, found in libraries of former times
Testimony of history’s holy, none present, all lost in time’s ceaseless rolling
Symbols of star, cross and crescent; creeds carrying cultural meaning
Be they Sunday sipping red wine and feasting on bread divine or knelling east, fasting four weeks forever forgoing the swine
Heathens pay homage to Hindu’s hundreds nay thousands of idols
While idle monks in monasteries meditate resiliently mindful
Intellectuals in institutions arrogantly ridiculing such rituals
Their heros? Hegel, Hume and Freud are to name but a few
One mustn’t exclude the minorities too engaged in endless feuds over their innumerable views
Authority belonging to whom? I ask, which scholar? Be they ordained in orange robe, kufi or white collar? Be they from the school of Marx or Rene Descartes? Or Vishnu or Krishna or Rama?
Theist or Atheist, Agnostic or Philosophic For a moment we’ll put all this aside
And agree on one thing, how we feel of our kin? That’s the link that destroys all divide!
Thank You
Sonnie Abdalla – 22/08/11