Friday 11 September 2015

The New World II


In the New World
     (and that’s not
      the New World
      Of the New World
      Order
      bandied about
      so much
These dark days;
             the days
       before
The Dawn)
Much will become
More clear
Than now.
          And
Take heart:  
      that news
Is good news.

You don’t
Believe it?

You, then, are a Dualist; 
                               one
Who believes that the universe
         is the creation of
A Dark Force, 
             having trapped us for
Its sustenance and amusement. 
Whereas people like me 
            see the universe
In a different Light, 
             as it were;
             as a school
For aspiring ‘magicians’ - 
                     gods 
In our own right. 
The purpose of which, then,
Is to graduate from.
Meaningful, then.
Not meaningless.
                Where
The Light wins out
Over the Dark
In the end.  
Because the Light
Just IS - is
The Essence
      whereas the Dark
Depends on the Light
      for its very
Existence.

Essence, then, coming
Before Existence.
                 Sartre,
        then,
        was wrong
        about
        that
        and
No Exit.

Which should be
A relief, then.
                  Not
A punishment
                   or
Judgement.

Joyous.
      Not
Doomladen.

Take
Another
Look
At your premises
If you are of
The latter
Persuasion.
And be careful
That you don’t create
A self-fulfilling
Prophecy.
     
Be upstanding
       Not   
Downhearted.
The best
Is yet
   to 

      Come.

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