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Beautiful Heresy

I LOVE THE BIBLE. I LOVE THE SYMMETRY. I LOVE ITS WISDOM. IT IS PART OF HOW I WRITE. I LOVE THE IDEAS AND THE BEAUTY IT DESCRIBES. I HATE THAT PEOPLE USE IT TO CREATE HATE, DIVISIONS AND WARS!

By Victor MendezPublished 4 years ago 1 min read
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BEAUTIFUL HERESY..

Someone, perhaps someone,

wrote a book one day..

In rhythmic praises,

Colored it in pretty phrases...

Claimed it was God-written, thus sublime..

One person read it one day, well..

Maybe more than one day,

Said to their friends..

Have you seen,

Have you read..

The awe-filled new book of poetry making the rounds?

So two more, mayhap more than two..read it and the readers..

Multiplied..

Became a gathering of sorts,

Then a cult,

Of course..

Then a horde which became a horde of cults..

Which became a multitude..

Of the word so beautiful, that they called it sacred and proclaimed...this word will feed the multitude!

This is truly the Word of God,

At the least..God-inspired,

Called it scripture,

Biblical!

And religion was born.

Woe to thee, if ever you see,

Fault in the Word,

For at the drop of a scripture,

In God's own grip, surely.. a prophet righteous..

Will call down the horde,

And might just..begin

another war of the word..start

another world of wars!

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About the Creator

Victor Mendez

Born in 1958.There's a lot of road beneath these feet.Worn out pairs upon pairs of shoes.Been a ranch kid,a city kid,a Marine,a dad, a grandfather now,an avid reader and just recently began writing poetry in 2015 just to vent.

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